How We Got Soldiers and Sailors Monument
The miraculous new “white bronze” turned out to be a poor investment.
Short on Cash? Print Your Own
More on the "scrip" business by historian Kevin LaFond
Portsmouth Tries, Fails at Whaling
Unique research from "Heavy Weather and Hard Luck" by Kenneth Martin
Stamp Act Agent Burned in Effigy
Why would young George Meserve even want to collect taxes in 1765?
NH Merchants Once Minted Their Own Money
When cash was scarce, merchants printed their own
The Fall and Rise of Portsmouth Economy
In the economic doldrums of 2008, the author predicts the coming boom --for good or ill
Alemaker Frank Jones: Hero or Heel?
Despite great wealth, he did little for the common people.
A Five-Cent Discount at Rockinghma House
A 1862 nickel is worth a dollar today
“Bond Bombshell” Dorothy Lamour Visits in 1942
Raising big bucks for the war effort
Giant Hooks for Giant Cod
A reminder from the Isles of Shoals that New England was founded by fishers and their investors
Portsmouth’s Many Old Custom Houses
For the record, this is not where we hid the dreaded delivery of British tea in 1774