Seacoast Quakers Tortured by Puritans
Puritans believed in religious freedom, but only for themselves.
Rye’s Underwater Petrified Forest
It reappears with the tide to remind us how things used to be
Portsmouth Adores Pageants and Parades
A city addicted to pomp for any circumstance
No History for Well-Behaved NH Women
Will American voters elect to return decorum and dignity to the presidency?
Do Not Open Until 2123
Six feet below the surface, a time capsule waits and waits and waits.
Just Wild About Hairy Ancestors
Male hairstyles from the Victorian era
Portsmouth Unplugged in 2017
A brief reminder of how everyone on the planet used to live
A Serviceman Returns to Portsmouth
A visitor recalls decades of trips to the Old Town by the Sea
Historian Searches for Lost Mother and Son
A Victorian photo leads us on a merry chase right back to where we started
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