York Museum Has Come a Long Way Since 1901
From Gramma's attic to sophisticated museum preservation
Yes, Virginia, There Was Slavery in New Hampshire, Too
Despite pushback, the history of slavery in America is being studied and taught
Celia Thaxter’s Kaleidoscopic Appeal, Part 1
Child, mother, wife, poet
Aboard a Fishing Smack to Portsmouth in 1911
Unpublished memoir reveals harsh and bawdy lifestyle
Richard Potter, America’s First Magician Reappears
“America’s first black celebrity” is the subject of a new book
Sarah Purcell’s Mourning Ring
Her life went from Captain Purcell to Captain Jones
Rethinking Benedict Arnold with Nathaniel Philbrick
The good news about a bad guy
John Paul Jones, the Ranger, and an Unhappy Piscataqua Crew
Jones brought down HMS Drake, but his real enemy was his crew
NH Woman Meets Mormon Founder Joseph Smith
Portsmouth's Charlotte Haven describes with Mormon founder in letters home to POrtsmouth
Ode to Portsmouth on Her 400th
Delivered live before a large audience that looked bewildered
Picturing the Portsmouth Bicentennial of 1823
Nostalgic for the good old British aristocracy 50 years after the Revolution
Paul Revere’s “Other Ride” Poem
With apologies to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.