Murder at the Home of NH’s Founder
In 1628, an English celebrity was assassinated at the home of NH founder, John Mason.
Childhood Memories of the Appledore Island Hotel, Part 2
Native basket sellers, the organ grinder’s monkey, blackface music, a lost bear, board games, and life along the piazza.
Childhood Memories of the Appledore Island Hotel, Part 1
Thomas Laighton’s granddaughter recalls the end of an era
The 1832 Sea Rescue of Hartwell Walker
A family letter describes a harrowing Piscataqua boating accident that left one dead
Fifty Years in a Printing Office
Charles Brewster sums up his quiet historic life in Portsmouth, NH
Restoring the Athenaeum Reading Room
Channeling the past to shape the future
Sam Haley: Shipwrecks Were His Business
Salvage and Rescue at the Isles of Shoals
The Day They Razed the State House
Charles Brewster was the last reporter
to set foot in the fated building
A Detailed Timeline of the Old NH State House
From the heart of NH's provincial capital to a trailer full of rotten timbers
Was Henry Shute the Mark Twain of Exeter?
He was a judge by day and a children's author by night, recalling his misspent youth.
Henry Ford “Pleased with Portsmouth” in 1924
He brought along his yacht and Thomas Edison
With Apologies to Kittery
Much of the history Portsmouth, NH claims really belongs to Maine