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The Happy & Useful Life of W.H.Y. Hackett

by J. Dennis Robinson

Searching for ways to do good in the world

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William Morris Hunt Dies Mysteriously at Isles of Shoals

by J. Dennis Robinson

Depressed or too infirm to save himself?

Read moreWilliam Morris Hunt Dies Mysteriously at Isles of Shoals

“Lewd Amusements” in Downtown Portsmouth

by J. Dennis Robinson

Theater gets a rocky start in 18th-century Portsmouth

Read more“Lewd Amusements” in Downtown Portsmouth

On the Trail of Tom Thumb’s Carriage

by J. Dennis Robinson

How did Charles Stratton’s mini-coach end up at UNH?

Read moreOn the Trail of Tom Thumb’s Carriage

Seeking the Smuttynose Shipwrecked Spanish Sailors

by J. Dennis Robinson

14 bodies, silver bars, and a shipwreck? So far, no evidence.

Read moreSeeking the Smuttynose Shipwrecked Spanish Sailors

Harriet Ryan Albee Dedicated Her Life to Terminally Ill Women

by J. Dennis Robinson

An unsung Seacoast NH woman who died saving others

Read moreHarriet Ryan Albee Dedicated Her Life to Terminally Ill Women

Meet Edward Stickney, the American Apollo

by J. Dennis Robinson

The greatest dumbbell lifter in the world, Stickney claimed

Read moreMeet Edward Stickney, the American Apollo

Sailmaker Benjamin Randall Fashioned a Baptist Revival

by J. Dennis Robinson

New Castle, NH claims the man who created the Freewill Baptist movement

Read moreSailmaker Benjamin Randall Fashioned a Baptist Revival

What Was Seacoast Life Like in the 1600s?

by J. Dennis Robinson

Inside a costly, carefully created exhibition (now a book) that dared to explain our complex past

Read moreWhat Was Seacoast Life Like in the 1600s?

The Story of Molly Miles’ Table

by J. Dennis Robinson

A fragile piece of history, once owned by a 107-year-old enslaved Maine woman

Read moreThe Story of Molly Miles’ Table

Preserving the Powder Major’s Land in Madbury

by J. Dennis Robinson

Behind the scenes with the society for the Protection of NH Forests

Read morePreserving the Powder Major’s Land in Madbury

From George-Washington- Slept-Here to Micro-Apartments

by J. Dennis Robinson

A quick history of the storied Treadwell-Jenness House.

Read moreFrom George-Washington- Slept-Here to Micro-Apartments
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