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Rare Glimpse of “The Temple” Bell Tower

by Vintage Pics

We have no photos of two of the city's most influential public buildings.

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Bishop Visits Christ Church in 1940

by Vintage Pics

We need a good history of Catholics in Portsmouth, NH.

Read moreBishop Visits Christ Church in 1940

Thomas Morton Abandoned at Isles of Shoals

by J. Dennis Robinson

The last thing the Pilgrims wanted in America was religious freedom

Read moreThomas Morton Abandoned at Isles of Shoals

How Massachusetts Almost Ate New Hampshire

by J. Dennis Robinson

"New Hampshire was only a pimple," said the late Jere Daniells, but the Puritans wanted it badly.

Read moreHow Massachusetts Almost Ate New Hampshire

Poem: The Vane of the Old North Church

by Guest Author

If weathervanes could talk by Charles Brewster

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Who Lies Under NH’s Tallest Tombstone?

by J. Dennis Robinson

REv Tuck Tucke was everything to the impoverished people of the Shoals, and enslaved to servants.

Read moreWho Lies Under NH’s Tallest Tombstone?

NH Jewish Community Deeply Rooted in Portsmouth

by J. Dennis Robinson

Portsmouth is home to New Hampshire’s oldest active synagogue.    

Read moreNH Jewish Community Deeply Rooted in Portsmouth

Edward Warren Clark was a Magic Lantern Man

by J. Dennis Robinson

Almost forgotten travel lecturer projected the world on the wall

Read moreEdward Warren Clark was a Magic Lantern Man

How Harvard Helped Portsmouth and Vice Versa

by J. Dennis Robinson

The Wentworths were Harvard boys and they were just the beginning

Read moreHow Harvard Helped Portsmouth and Vice Versa

Subversive “Infidel” Nathan Parker Founded Unitarian Church in NH

by J. Dennis Robinson

Here's why South Church ended up a block behind North Church in downtown Portsmouth

Read moreSubversive “Infidel” Nathan Parker Founded Unitarian Church in NH

The Agony and the Ecstasy of James Kennard Jr

by J. Dennis Robinson

"Yet we have never known a happier person," Rev. Peabody wrote

Read moreThe Agony and the Ecstasy of James Kennard Jr

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
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