Secret Love Letters of Dorothy Vaughan Discovered
Letters donated to state historical society reveal a lively librarian
Chatting with the Dead
Spiritualism and séances attracted millions in the 1800s
Richard Potter, America’s First Magician Reappears
“America’s first black celebrity” is the subject of a new book
NH Woman Meets Mormon Founder Joseph Smith
Portsmouth's Charlotte Haven describes with Mormon founder in letters home to POrtsmouth
Anna De Koven Exposes Ranger Flag Hoax
The scholar versus the fraudulent historian
Flags Fraught with Meaning and Confusion
You can tell a lot about people by the flags they fly--or can you?
William Morris Hunt Dies Mysteriously at Isles of Shoals
Depressed or too infirm to save himself?
Rethinking the Miss Underhill Legend
Rogue wave or a despondent lover?
Busting Seacoast Ghosts in 1872 and 1912
A light in Portsmouth's South End and
a "vapory" Newburyport boy
The Imaginary Adventures of John Paul Jones
Not a dime novel, but a nickel weekly--stirring adventures for boys
Legend of the Bos’n Allan House
It was only a myth, and then they tore it down, but the postcards are everywhere.
Warner House Lightning Rod Legend Lives On
Ben Franklin was in town at the time