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Life and Death in the Piscataqua 2013 Schedule

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THIS EVENT HAS BEEN MOVED TO SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013

The Portsmouth Historic Houses Association presents its ninth annual, popular winter symposium, “Life and Death in the Pisacataqua” on (Postoned) Saturday 2013. This year promises a great line-up of speakers and topics on our hsitoric region. (Continued below)

 

Life and Death re-scheduled for Saturday, March 9, 2013.

The event is scheduled for 10 am to 3 pm at the St. John’s Lodge Masonic Temple, 351 Middle Street (corner of Miller Avenue and Middle Street) in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Tickets reserved in advance are $10; ($15 at the door the day of the event). The ticket price includes the day-long program of four lectures, continental breakfast and a lunch of homemade soup, bread and dessert. For reservations, call 603.436.8221.

The Portsmouth Historic House Association’s 2013 “Life and Death in the Piscataqua Region” symposium includes four presentations:

  • “The Virgin Soil Epidemic of 1616-19 and Its Impact on Native Americans” by David Stewart-Smith, Ph.D., Union Institute Graduate School, historian for the New Hampshire Tribal Council, past professor of history and cultural studies, Vermont College of Norwich University..
  • “Mayhem in Portsmouth: Attacks on Ursula Cutt and Mercy Brewster” by Sandra Rux, curator of the John Paul Jones House Museum that will host the 2013 exhibit, “First Nations Diplomacy Opens the Portsmouth Door: 300th Anniversary of the 1713 Treaty of Portsmouth”
  • “Rebuilding the White Island Walkway” by Tom Mansfield, NH Division of Resources & Economic Development architect and Bruce Parsons
  • “The Kearsarge Fire Engine” by Steve Achilles, with an exhibit of the under-restoration engine, weather permitting.

The annual event, a fund-raiser for the Portsmouth Historic Houses Association, will also include raffle baskets and the sale of additional items from PHHA members (Historic New England and the Gov Langdon, Jackson and Rundlet-May Houses, Strawbery Banke Museum, the John Paul Jones House Museum, the Warner House, Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion, the Moffatt-Ladd House and Garden, and the Wentworth-Lear Historic Houses. Information on locations and hours (most PHHA museums are open May through October) available at each website and atwww.portsmouthhistorichouses.org:

  • Warner House, 150 Daniel Street, www.warnerhouse.org
  • Wentworth-Lear Historic Houses, 50 Mechanic Street, www.wentworthgardnerandlear.org
  • Wentworth Coolidge Mansion, 375 Little Harbor Road, www.nhstateparks.org
  • John Paul Jones House Museum, 43 Middle Street, www.portsmouthhistory.org
  • Strawbery Banke Museum, 14 Hancock Street, www.strawberybanke.org
  • Moffatt-Ladd House & Gardens, 154 Market Street, www.moffatt-ladd.org
  • Governor John Langdon House, 143 Pleasant Street, www.historicnewengland.org

The Portsmouth Historic Houses Association and partners present centuries-old historic houses and vessels, some of the most important in America. Within the architectural treasures, a multitude of rooms with authentic antique furnishings reveal poignant stories of family life in a thriving seaport community. Seafaring merchants, enterprising women, military heroes, politicians, skilled craftsmen, domestic servants, Africans and recent immigrants are some of the characters who share their stories.

 

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