Primus Fowle Ran the First NH Printing Press
We have only snippets of Fowle's biography, all from white writers
Experts Agree: First NH State House Not Worth Reconstructing
After decades of planning, studies show the remaining timbers are too far gone
How We Got Soldiers and Sailors Monument
The miraculous new “white bronze” turned out to be a poor investment.
NH Jewish Community Deeply Rooted in Portsmouth
Portsmouth is home to New Hampshire’s oldest active synagogue.
Edward Warren Clark was a Magic Lantern Man
Almost forgotten travel lecturer projected the world on the wall
Did NH Governor John Langdon Enslave Workers?
Although his family enslaved farm workers, John leaned toward Abolitionism
Strange Halloween Characters from Seacoast History
Make Halloween a teachable moment for your kids
The First Perilous Voyage of Privateer Lynx
The 80-ton, $3 million ship inched toward the Goose River Bridge, which had collapsed in 1946
Short on Cash? Print Your Own
More on the "scrip" business by historian Kevin LaFond
How Harvard Helped Portsmouth and Vice Versa
The Wentworths were Harvard boys and they were just the beginning
Top 10 Seacoast Natural Disasters
Hard weather, pestilence, earthquake, lightning, fire, and more
How the Coolidge Family of Boston Saved Wentworth Mansion
Wealthy and privileged, but artistic and preservationist.