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
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
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.
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.
Hollis Broderick Captures Fort William and Mary
The auction price kept climbing, but the antiquarian held his ground.
Portsmouth Rewrote Its Past in a Tavern in 1652
Was this a despicable act or a clever plan that saved Portsmouth from outside forces?
The Shameful Fame of Blackface Entertainment
NH not immune from what Frederick Douglass called "the filthy scum of white society"
Good News from Reverend Gooding
Unitarian minister loved people, Portsmouth, and the past
When Presidents Come to Portsmouth
From the celebrated arrival of George Washington, half of America's presidents have stopped in Portsmouth, NH