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
Kearsarge Pumper Fought the Great Boston Fire of 1872
Back in Portsmouth after 100 years and searching for a permanent home.
Hotel Wentworth Opens in 1874
The first known review of the future Wentworth by the Sea hotel
Harvey Reid Pens a Book on Troubadour History
The traveling musician meets the pandemic head-on
The Man Who Dug Up John Paul Jones
In "The Admiral and the Ambassador," author Scott Martelle digs in the life of Horace Porter
A Quick History of Gulls on the Shoals
Did you know they recognize human faces?