HISTORY MATTERS

The editor ponders history, mostly, in this popular Seacoast column. This index contains over 100 original columns by J. Dennis Robinson. The author has been writing about the "America's Smallest Seacoast" (sm) for over two decades.
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A personal column about history and stuff

ARCHIVED ESSAYS by J. Dennis Robinson

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• The Coffins UNder the Steet October 12, 2003
• Fremont: NH's Most Historic Town, September 22, 2003
• Old Shady Tree Tales, August 22, 2003
• Rethinking the Role of Strawbery Banke, July 27, 2003
• Unseen Celia Portrait Discovered, June 20, 2003
• The First 130 Years are the Hardest, May 14, 2003  
• George Orwell's FBI File, January 10, 2003
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• Living with the Dead, October 27, 2002
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• Maryellen's Magic Dress, August 23, 2002
• The Resurrection of Thomas P. Moses, July 22, 2002
• Defining the Swift & Wily Piscataqua, June 22, 2002
• Digitizing Emilio's Restaurant, May 12, 2002
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• The Unflappable, Unforgettable Esther, March 10, 2002
• Luring Seacoast Tourists Since 1850, February 17, 2002
• The Crack in White Island Lighthouse, January 28, 2002
• How Aristotle Onassis Lost Great Bay, January 6, 2002
• Last Chance for Paul Wentworth, December 15, 2001
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• Rusticating in Tamworth Village, October 15, 2001
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• Beneath the Underground Railroad, September 2, 2001
• Which Bartlett is Bartlett Street?, August 10, 2001
• The Smuttynose Diary (Part Two), July 20, 2001
• The Smuttynose Diary (Part One), July 14, 2001
• Harriet Livermore is Local "Shero", June 23, 2001
• The Making of the Squalus Movie, June 2, 2001
• Clipper Nightingale & the Jenny Lind, May 8, 2001
• The Truth About Ocean Born Mary, April 21, 2001
• Seeking NH Women Online, March 30, 2001
• A Yankee in the Desert Part II, March 10, 2001
• A Yankee in the Desert, February 24, 2001
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• Waiting for Bill (Til the Last Dog Dies), January 27, 2001
• A Murderous History of Portsmouth, January 13, 2001
• 400 Years Loitering in Market Square, December 30, 2000
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• Almost Famous (Not Really), November 4, 2000
• The Devilish Fall of General Moulton, October 22, 2000
• In Search of Blackbeard's Treasure, October 7, 2000
• The Tragic Tale of Beebe's Babies, September 24, 2000
• They Still Come to Fish, September 10, 2000
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• Louis Wagner Beats the Press, July 30, 2000
• Who is the New Patriot?, July 15, 2000
• Freedom, Fireworks & Little Kids, June 30, 2000
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• The Many Stories of Paul Jones' House ..May 20, 2000
• Thank You, Joe Sawtelle, May 6, 2000
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• The Taxing Life of George Meserve, April 10, 2000
• The Gospel According to Brewster, March 24, 2000
• Battle Cry of an eBay Warrior, March 11, 2000
• Black Heroes, White Poets, February 27, 2000
• Presidents, Portsmouth & Bottle Caps, February 13, 2000
• The Day Mark Twain Wore Black, January 26, 2000
• Oh-So-Sorry, Kittery, January 16, 2000
• The Heck With Local History!, January 1, 2000
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• Making the Goodwin Monument Sing, November 5, 1999
• Dressing for the Dead Zone, October 23, 1999
• Deathbed Masterpiece of James Kennard, October 9, 1999
• Hurricanes, Fallout, Dynamite & Y2K, September 26, 1999
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• Topless to Tapas in Downtown Portsmouth August 28, 1999
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• Jeff Meets the Beatles on MP3, July 30, 1999
• Souvenirs from the Dawn of Tourism, July 18, 1999
• Poetry Don't Love History No More, July 7, 1999
• Smokin' Down the NH Campaign Trail, June 20, 1999
• Land-locked With Celia Thaxter, June 6, 1999
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• The Building in the Center of the Road, May 8, 1999
• Who Stole the Wentworth Hotel?, April 24, 1999
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• Amanda Visits Seaport World, March 14, 1999
• NH Slave Stories Thrive Online, March 3, 1999
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• Mr. Smith Meets Mr. Jones, January 15, 1999
• I am Addicted to Bibliofind.com!, January 4, 1999
• The Flickering Fame of Portsmouth's Baddest Boy
• Bye-bye 375, December 7, 1998
• The Hex-ploitation of Goody Cole, October 24, 1998
• Message to 2123 A.D., October 11, 1998
• Can We Rebuild the Ranger?, September 27, 1998
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• Dynamite in the Rock Pasture, September 1, 1998
• A Big Bridge and a Little Girl, 1923, August 16, 1998
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• Smuttynose Fever Spreads, May 4, 1998
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• Hail Hale, the Hype's All Here, Mar. 1, 1998
• Clinton, Sex and Local Weather, Feb. 1, 1998
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• Big Parties That I Missed, Jan. 3, 1998
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• Packing for the March to Quebec, Nov. 1, 1997
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• The Stones of Monhegan, July 26, 97
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• Shakespeare, Lincoln, Lucy & John, May 10, 1997
• Just Over The Dead Line, Apr 25, 1997
• Report From The Vermont Frontier, Mar 13, 1997