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Land-locked: Celia Thaxter’s First Published Poem

by J. Dennis Robinson

Atlantic editor James Russell Lowell was impressed

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A Timeline: The Life of Celia Laighton Thaxter

by Guest Author

Biographer Norma Mandel creates a chronology

Read moreA Timeline: The Life of Celia Laighton Thaxter

Two Inland Noodles at the Sea

by Guest Author

"The Farmer and the Ocean" by Will Carleton returns

Read moreTwo Inland Noodles at the Sea

Extremely Rare Diary of a New Hampshire Girl

by J. Dennis Robinson

California woman recalls early days goring up in NH seacoast in the mid-1800s

Read moreExtremely Rare Diary of a New Hampshire Girl

Inside “The Nation’s Oldest Newspaper” 

by Clare Kittredge

Steve Fowle fights the power with his NH Gazette

Read moreInside “The Nation’s Oldest Newspaper” 

Famous Men Hung Out with Kittery Carver

by J. Dennis Robinson

John Haley Bellamy’s man cave drew artists, authors, actors, and more to Pepperrell Cove

Read moreFamous Men Hung Out with Kittery Carver

The Two Loves of Annie Fields

by J. Dennis Robinson

The Boston marriage of "Widow" Fields

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Irvin Cobb Catches Fire in Portsmouth

by Vintage Pics

His coverage of the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth kicked off a smoking career

Read moreIrvin Cobb Catches Fire in Portsmouth

Tales of Ike Partington’s Kitten

by J. Dennis Robinson

Not your G-rated Puss in Boots

Read moreTales of Ike Partington’s Kitten

John Lord: The Boy Who Hated Portsmouth

by J. Dennis Robinson

Famed 19th-century lecturer found this city harsh and pretentious

Read moreJohn Lord: The Boy Who Hated Portsmouth

Alex Herlihy Talks About His History of Rye, NH

by J. Dennis Robinson

120 years after Rev. Parsons, a new history of a seacoast town debuts.

Read moreAlex Herlihy Talks About His History of Rye, NH

Poet Robert Dunn Tackles Immortality

by J. Dennis Robinson

Portsmouth's "Penny Poet" cashes out

Read morePoet Robert Dunn Tackles Immortality
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