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How Mr. Fields Saved “The Scarlet Letter”

by Guest Author

Without Mr. Fieldsm you might never have written the term paper

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The Hexploitation of Goody Cole

by J. Dennis Robinson

What did she do to earn 300 years of disrespect?

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Would NH Be Here Without Pocahontas?

by Vintage Pics

Capt. John Smith was not the most trustworthy narrator

Read moreWould NH Be Here Without Pocahontas?

Witchcraft in NH

by Guest Author

RAMBLE CXLIV: Witchcraft in Portsmouth and New Castle – Death of Molly Bridget – Stone Throwing Devil of New Castle.

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Sam Allen Bought New Hampshire

by J. Dennis Robinson

For a quarter million dollars, he owned it all, or thought he did

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What About Seacoast Indigenous Peoples?

by J. Dennis Robinson

We're trying, but 12,000 years of Native history is still often ignored or stereotyped

Read moreWhat About Seacoast Indigenous Peoples?

Where Kittery Got Its Name

by J. Dennis Robinson

A New England town named after a house in Devon, England

Read moreWhere Kittery Got Its Name

Turkeygate: A Thanksgiving Scandal

by J. Dennis Robinson

Some stories never let go. I've been retelling this one for half a century.

Read moreTurkeygate: A Thanksgiving Scandal

Spencer Tracy Steers the Mayflower in 1952

by J. Dennis Robinson

Romance and a possible suicide aboard the Hollywood Mayflower in 1952

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Two Monuments Honor the Man Who Named New England

by J. Dennis Robinson

Dueling John Smith Monuments on Star Island and Rye Harbor in 2014

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York Indian Legend Has Canadian Origin?

by J. Dennis Robinson

Sometimes a myth turns out to be a fact

Read moreYork Indian Legend Has Canadian Origin?

Thomas Morton Abandoned at Isles of Shoals

by J. Dennis Robinson

The last thing the Pilgrims wanted in America was religious freedom

Read moreThomas Morton Abandoned at Isles of Shoals
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