Celia Thaxter’s First Known Letter
Excerpts from the historic Hog Island letter discovered on eBay
The Mountains of Portsmouth?
The text is surprisingly accurate for 1847, but oh, that illustration!
So Much Art Around Town
Back when the art boom really began to kick in and the segway boom wasn't
Clara Lynn’s Ranger Flag Ballad
A heartfelt patriotic poem about a quilting party that never happened
Three Lives of the Portsmouth Marine Society
Mariners and their wealthy investors stuck together, and then the name was adopted by a history publishing group
Zoffoli Motors Super-88 Model with Rocket Engine
Drive this baby right off the lot for $2,000
Are We Still “The City of the Open Door”?
“Acres of Sunshine, Miles of View, Oceans of invigorating Air.” Really? Getting our share of the tourist pie.
Visit Portsmouth in Your 1955 Ford
“Portsmouth is a proud town,” Eleanor Early wrote, “full of descendants and an occasional ghost.”
Celia Thaxter Worshipped Nature
Her real church was her garden and the natural world
Edith Perry Estes Comes to Town
A well-known Boston writer for children was an activist for the New England Women's Press Club
Evangelist George Whitefield Comes to Portsmouth
America's first celebrity saved Seacoast souls
A Tale of Two Port Cities
Sister cities Portsmouth and Newburyport look similar but live worlds apart.