Whittier’s Anti-Slavery Ode to New Hampshire
An overly optimistic reaction to the election of John Parker Hale
A Song for the Sons of Liberty (1766)
Top tune lyrics from the New Hampshire Gazette
Science and Celia Thaxter’s Island Garden
Science and art meet at the Isles of Shoals Marine Lab on Appledore
Lady Bird Johnson Flies Through Town
As the Vietnam War raged in 1967, Ladybird bought penny candy
First Religious Newspaper was Born in NH in 1808
Elias Smith and his Herald of Gospel Liberty
Shakespeare and Me
Sometimes you have to go all the way to England to find your way back to New Hampshire
Celia Thaxter’s “A Memorable Murder” (1875)
The full, uninterrupted text, considered an early true crime masterpiece
Shards of the Past at Warner House Glass Exhibition
A lifetime of collecting donated to a Portsmouth house museum
Richard Henry Dana Visits the Isles of Shoals in 1843
A rare early encounter with a grumpy Thomas Laighton and young Celia Thaxter
Copycat Portsmouth Tea Party Narrowly Avoided
Cooler heads prevailed in Portsmouth, NH in response to shiploads of tea
Restoring the Works of Edmund Tarbell
Fascinated if not obsessed by the Seacoast's most successful painter
Anna De Koven Exposes Ranger Flag Hoax
The scholar versus the fraudulent historian