The Portsmouth Plot to Annex New Castle
New Castle rebuffs offer to be absorbed by its big sister
The 1892 Siege of Cedar Island
Shoaler news ripped from the pages of the Boston Globe
The Candidates at the Fair
Sam Walter Foss tackles local politicans again
Waging Peace in the 1905 Treaty of Portsmouth
A nail biting month of negotiations between Russia and Japan
Eccentric “Pilgrim Stranger” Preached to Congress
Seacoast's Harriet Livermore dreamed of a day when women would be "clothed in the sun, and walk on the moon."
Murder at the Home of NH’s Founder
In 1628, an English celebrity was assassinated at the home of NH founder, John Mason.
Fifty Years in a Printing Office
Charles Brewster sums up his quiet historic life in Portsmouth, NH
Portsmouth Seal Depicts Largely Forgotten City
No factories, no ships, no train
The Day They Razed the State House
Charles Brewster was the last reporter
to set foot in the fated building
A Detailed Timeline of the Old NH State House
From the heart of NH's provincial capital to a trailer full of rotten timbers
Was Henry Shute the Mark Twain of Exeter?
He was a judge by day and a children's author by night, recalling his misspent youth.
First Ladies Visit Wentworth by the Sea in 1948
There was almost no room for Governor and Mrs. Dewey