HISTORY

SEACOAST HISTORY
			As I Please Historical Societies Jesse James Films
MARITIME HISTORY
The Shipyard Old Ironsides John Paul Jones
FAMOUS PEOPLE
		Link Free or Die John Paul Jones Celia Thaxter John Smith
Thomas Bailey Aldrich Tobias Lear Framers of Freedom
BLACK HISTORY
			NH Black History Black Heritage Trail Black History Links
PLACES & EVENTS
Smuttynose Murders Brewster's Rambles Historic Tours
				The Grave Site Isles of Shoals Wentworth by the Sea
		NH History Old Portsmouth
TIMELINE
Portsmouth Timeline The Industrial Era	Prehistoric Era	The Contact Era	The Colonial Era	The Revolutionary Era

Black Heroes and White Voices

African American children in Celia Thaxter poem on SeacoastNH.com
HISTORY MATTERS

Portsmouth’s African American history has long been the property of white writers. Well into the late 20^th century, most published accounts of the city’s black citizens were told with evident racial bias. Today, however, the rules have changed and equality of language is changing the way America speaks.

Robinson History Added to Portsmouth Herald

J Dennis Robinson History Matters column logo (c) SeacoastNH.com, art by Reggie Logan
HISTORY MATTERS

Two roads diverged in a wood, and for a change of pace, we have taken the one most traveled. Those looking for long detailed essays on local history in the NH Gazette may come up short these days. The independent fortnightly has taken the toad less traveled. And for that we salute them. If you’re looking for the rest of us… read on.

Lafayette was the First American Idol

lafayette00 FAMOUS PEOPLE

Almost 50 years after the American Revolution, a French nobleman toured the entire United States. Greeted everywhere by cheering crowds, Lafayetee embodied the soul of the new America, and in September 1824, he rocked the house in Portsmouth, NH. A new book translated by a NH lawyer, tells the full story.

Things You Never Knew About Old Portsmouth Library

Former Portsmouth Public Library Doorway / SeacoastNH.com
CULTURAL CENTER HISTORY

It used to be a private school and a private home, both built in 1810. For decades historians claimed it was designed by the same man who designed the US Capitol. It wasn’t true, but people claimed it all the same. Read our complete timeline of the historic structures.

NH Woman Meets Mormon Founder Joseph Smith

Mormon Founder Joseph Smith Jr Met Portsmouth, NH Skeptic Charlotee Haven in 1843. SEACOAST HISTORY

Mitt Romney was not the first Mormon to run for president. Mormon founder Joseph Smith did the same in 1844. Charlotte Haven, a young woman from Portsmouth, NH, met Smith at Nauvoo, IL in 1843 and sent her impressions back home in letters that offer a rare outsider view. (Continued below)

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