Did NH Governor John Langdon Enslave Workers?
Although his family enslaved farm workers, John leaned toward Abolitionism
Strange Halloween Characters from Seacoast History
Make Halloween a teachable moment for your kids
The First Perilous Voyage of Privateer Lynx
The 80-ton, $3 million ship inched toward the Goose River Bridge, which had collapsed in 1946
Short on Cash? Print Your Own
More on the "scrip" business by historian Kevin LaFond
Cute as a Morley Button
Once the biggest factory of its kind in the world
Playing Cards with Famous Authors
Did these playing cards turn an eight-year-old into an author?
How Harvard Helped Portsmouth and Vice Versa
The Wentworths were Harvard boys and they were just the beginning
Top 10 Seacoast Natural Disasters
Hard weather, pestilence, earthquake, lightning, fire, and more
How the Coolidge Family of Boston Saved Wentworth Mansion
Wealthy and privileged, but artistic and preservationist.
The Only True Pirate Tale from the Isles of Shoals
JOHN QUELCH: "They should take care how they brought money into New England to be hanged for it."
Poet Foss Spoke for the Common Man
Not just a one-hit-wonder poet, but a gifted and comic poet
Rich, Talented & All Dressed Up
Despite being born rich, John Templeman Coolidge was a nice guy.