Tips of “Infinite Value” for Seacoast Ladies
Universalist Church handbook
promotes Victorian manners
When Franklin Pierce Friended Jefferson Davis
Frank offered, but luckily for Seacoast, NH, Jeff declined
A Mast for Every Day in the Week
An abundance of canvas in a race for speed
Generations of Robinsons Tinkering
We love making stuff that doesn't make a difference
How Aristotle Came to Portsmouth
The spirit of public education blossomed in the American lyceum era.
The Tale of a French Cat
Thomas Bailey Aldrich is feline all right.
Where Have All Our Grocers Gone?
Even less shopping privacy back in the day.
Why They Called It Market Square
Portsmouth bought a parcel of land at the end of the Parade in 1794. The plan was to build a market house similar to Faneuil Hall in Boston at what is now the northern end of Pleasant Street across from the North Church. The tall two-story brick building, complete with ten marketstalls on the first …
Photo Day at One-Room Plains Schoolhouse
All in our places with bright shining faces
Happy Lucky Leather Pig New Year
The farmer turned good luck into bad
A Big Bridge and a Little Girl in 1923
Eileen Dondero Foley dedicated a bridge in 1923 and again in 1998