Alexander Graham Bell In New Castle
"Mr. Albee, come quick. I need you."
The Dead Tree on South Road
A few years after he wrote this, Charles Brewster was a resident of South Cemetery too
Portsmouth Staged “No Kings” Play in 1778 Despite Theater Ban
Poet Jonathan Mitchel Sewall compared Roman Senator Cato to Washington
Nora Perry and Portsmouth’s Other “Lady Wentworth”
A second seacoast New Hampshire marriage scandal in an 1875 poem
Evan Thomas on John Paul Jones
Our interview with the bestselling biographer
Helen Dore Boylston: Caregiver, Author, Adventurer
“Troub” insisted that life should be an adventure
Longfellow’s “Lady Wentworth” of Portsmouth, New Hampshire
May-December romance or cringeworthy scandal?
My Hero, James T. Fields
Kind and funny guy, a great writer, inspired editor, and publisher too
Kelp: A Lively 1888 Novel With a Terrible Title
An Isles of Shoals adventure by a Kittery-born writer
The Candidates at the Fair
Sam Walter Foss tackles local politicans again
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.
Fifty Years in a Printing Office
Charles Brewster sums up his quiet historic life in Portsmouth, NH