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Sorry, Not the Prescott Sisters

by Vintage Pics

When you spend too much time in the past, you begin to see dead people you know.

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Restoring the Athenaeum Reading Room

by J. Dennis Robinson

Channeling the past to shape the future

Read moreRestoring the Athenaeum Reading Room

With Apologies to Kittery

by J. Dennis Robinson

Much of the history Portsmouth, NH claims really belongs to Maine

Read moreWith Apologies to Kittery

Naval Hero George Dewey Loved Susan Goodwin of Portsmouth

by J. Dennis Robinson

They married at the governor’s mansion, but she died young

Read moreNaval Hero George Dewey Loved Susan Goodwin of Portsmouth

USS Albacore Journal: May 15, 1985

by J. Dennis Robinson

They tore open the highway and a railroad bridge to land a submarine.

Read moreUSS Albacore Journal: May 15, 1985

Who Lies Under NH’s Tallest Tombstone?

by J. Dennis Robinson

Rev. Tucke was everything to the impoverished people of the Shoals and profited well in return

Read moreWho Lies Under NH’s Tallest Tombstone?

The Bold Plan to Turn Portsmouth into a National Park

by J. Dennis Robinson

Two Kittery Point men pitched a“Maritime Village” project n in 1936

Read moreThe Bold Plan to Turn Portsmouth into a National Park

Dorothy Vaughan: The Woman Who Saved Portsmouth

by Clare Kittredge

She spent a lifetime breathing new life into the city she loved

Read moreDorothy Vaughan: The Woman Who Saved Portsmouth

Daguerreotype Reveals Face of Revolutionary War Soldier

by J. Dennis Robinson

Meet George Fishley, a Portsmouth veteran of Valley Forge, who lived into the photographic era

Read moreDaguerreotype Reveals Face of Revolutionary War Soldier

The World’s Largest “Strawberry Bank” Collection

by J. Dennis Robinson

I bought one, but it needed a friend.

Read moreThe World’s Largest “Strawberry Bank” Collection

Who Was William Whipple?

by Guest Author

He was in the right room at the right time, one of three NH :signers"

Read moreWho Was William Whipple?

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way

by Vintage Pics

"Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it." — Haruki Murakami

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