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Labor Strikes Back: SITE OF THE WEEK What does Labor Day mean to you? Is it hot dogs and swimming and shopping for school supplies? The history of that holiday goes deeply into what working in America is really about. REAL LABOR DAY LINKS; http://www.seacoastnh.com/labor-strikes-back/
Why Louis Wagner Was Smuttynose Slayer: 1873 SMUTTYNOSE MURDERS Maren Hontvet went berserk? Not likely. Yellow journalists, modern historic fiction and armchair detectives have offered alternate theories on the March 1873 murders at the Isles of Shoals. But for those who prefer facts to...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/why-louis-wagner-was-smuttynose-slayer/
Black Elders of Portsmouth: NH BLACK HISTORY Beginning in 1990 historian Valerie Cunningham interviewed over a dozen elderly members of the African American community in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Selections from five of those interviews are included here, All five of those...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/black-elders-of-portsmouth/
The Smuttynose Murder Letter: On the Scene Account SMUTTYNOSE MURDER Poet Celia Thaxter wrote this letter just days after the horrifying ax murder and strangulation of two Norwegian immigrants on Smuttynose Island in March 1873. Two years later she collected and published her...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/the-smuttynose-murder-letter/
Why the Weight of Water Film Failed But is Still Worth Watching: SMUTTYNOSE MURDERS The arrival of the film version of the novel Weight of Water in 2003 was a big event in the little city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The island ax murder on which it was based happened here in 1873. It’s two victims are buried in...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/why-the-weight-of-water-film-failed-but-is-still-worth-watching/
Mary Bartlett: NH FRAMERS OF FREEDOM While John and Abigail Adams may have been the "Power Couple" of the American Revolution, the Bartlett’s of New Hampshire were the "Love Couple". Josiah and Mary Bartlett sustained each other during hard times by writing letters...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/mary-bartlett/
Seacoast Letters July 2006: A complete archive of mail from July 200 6; http://www.seacoastnh.com/seacoast-letters-july-2006/
The Zen of Gathering Leaves: "Be as patient as the fallen leaves." -- Lao-tse in The Way of the Lawn Autumn turns women into dynamos. They work tirelessly, preparing the nest for the coming winter. But for men the season presents a different challenge. In Fall they tune both mind...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/the-zen-of-gathering-leaves/
Read Our Mail -- March 2005: A complete archive of mail from March 2005; http://www.seacoastnh.com/read-our-mail-march-2005/
Slaves at the William Pitt Tavern: NH BLACK HISTORY The tavern was the center of colonial life. It was the "bus" terminal, the political hotspot, a place to eat, dine and lodge. That meant lots of jobs to be done and, in early New England, many of those jobs were given to enslaved...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/slaves-at-the-william-pitt-tavern/
Ruth Blay Gets Her Day: Seacoast History Blog #52 June 25, 2009 It’s a good day for history when a long dead character finally gets her story told in an important publication. Our copy of HISTORICAL NEW HAMPSHIRE arrived today (Vol 63, No 1) with Carolyn Marvin’s detailed...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/ruth-blay-gets-her-day/
Readers Recall and Deny Discrimination: Seacoast Blog #29 January 26, 2009 Time tends to exaggerate or obliterate the truth. That’s why we research and write history. We dig up the facts, as best we can, and interpret them for a new generation. When I wrote my book on the first 140 years of...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/readers-recall-and-deny-discrimination/
The Bonhomme Richard Flag Hoax: A Mystery Unravels FLAGS OF JOHN PAUL JONES Sometimes a post card can throw off your whole day. This one did. A SeacoastNH readers sent us this century old postcard reported showing the Bonhomme Richard. It took awhile to whittle the facts away from...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/the-bonhomme-richard-flag-hoax/
Slavery and the Langdon Family: NH BLACK HISTORY New Hampshire had slave plantations too. Modern research now shows that that wealthy northern families also kept enslaved Africans as laborers and servants as in the South. The Langdon family of Portsmouth were among the families most...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/slavery-and-the-langdon-family/
Wallace Nutting’s Portsmouth: SEACOAST BOOKS He came, he bought, he sold. Entrepreneur Wallace Nutting preserved and marketed the beauty of Portsmouth’s colonial merchant houses at the dawn of automobile tourism. He also perpetuated an idealized vision of the past that had never...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/wallace-nuttings-portsmouth/
Rooming with the Love Generation: PEACE, LOVE & OVERCROWDING IN 1969 It was the season after the summer of love. The Beatles were breaking up. A man was walking on the moon. The author, in the middle of it all, was starting college.No comingling after 8 pm. No room at all for the...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/rooming-with-the-love-generation/
Runaway Slave Ona Judge Staines: NH BLACK HISTORY F irst lady Martha Washington enslaved more Africans than any woman of her time. When Ona (Oney) Judge, Martha’s body slave, escaped from Mount Vernon in 1796, she came to Seacoast, New Hampshire. Her amazing story is told her by...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/runaway-slave-ona-judge-staines/
Poem to Smuttynose Murder Victim: SMUTTYNOSE MURDERS Before the March 5, 1873 ax murder at the Isles of Shoals, victim Karen Christensen worked for poet Celia Thaxter at Appledore Island. In fact, Celia’s family fired Karen just days before she was killed. We know little about the...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/poem-to-smuttynose-murder-victim/
Murderer Louis Wagner Arrives in Maine Jail 1873: Smuttynose Murder Press Clip File #02 EDITOR'S NOTE: This early article just five days after the murders show the media's immediate fascination with the appearance and conduct of Louis Wagner that later led to a popular belief among some that Wagner...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/murderer-louis-wagner-arrives-in-maine-jail-1873/
Early Settlers of New Hampshire: THEY CAME TO FISH In the beginning was the fisherman. And the fisherman came to New Hampshire to fish. His trip was paid for by English investors who did quite well at first. Then they tried to settle a colony and lost their shirts. New Hampshire's...; http://www.seacoastnh.com/early-settlers-of-new-hampshire/

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