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| February 27 TOOK OUR MARITIME QUIZ What a great quiz for all ages! You might wish to do a little moreresearch into the clipper "Nightingale". I'm not aware of the Hanscomshipyard being in Portsmouth. Samuel Hanscom Jr.'s yard was in Eliot. Theyard was located at what now is the Green Acre Baha'i School (off Main Street,near Frankfort Island and the Eliot Boat Basin), below what was the "EliotHotel". Because Eliot doesn't have a "Port" and the closest is Portsmouth thereference to Portsmouth is often made but is not correct. Rosanne Buzzell, Eliot Historical Society TRBuzz9@aol.com EDITOR'S REPLY: Good info. Thanks. Our notes came from Ray Brighton's book on local clipper ships. Unfortunately, Nightingale then became a slave ship. For more on Nightingale and her Jenny Lind figurehead, click below. To take the Maritime Quiz, click the second link. http://www.seacoastnh.com/tjioct97.html#jenny http://www.seacoastnh.com/ussconstitution/quiz.html February 26 THE KIERAN CULKIN AWARD! Due to the high standard of design and exceptional content your Kieran Culkin web site has been voted a 3 star StarPages site by our visitors. This means that it has received over 300 votes and will appear at the top of the Kieran Culkin listings. We would like to congratulate you and award youa small banner you may place on your web site. Chris Parker, Account Exec Star Pages http://www.starpages.net EDITOR'S REPLY: Thanks kids! But you didn't even see the rest of our stuff on Kieran in the interview with the author Rod Philbrick. Click below and send us another award! http://www.seacoastnh.com/film/mighty.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/tji/mighty.html February 26 ELIZABETH GARDNER BOUGUEREAU I need information for a chronology and bibliography on Elizabeth GardnerBouguereau which is due 3/4/99. I have checked the Toledo Museum of ArtLibrary, the downtown public library, as well at the branch in myneighborhood, AOL and have come up with very little information. Spintoh@aol.com EDITOR'S REPLY: We suggest you scroll down for the number of Nancy Merrill at the Exeter Historical Society below or call Exeter author Olive Tardiff directly. Both are the experts on this fascinating local woman. All we know is what's online, but look forward to more Seacoast NH women soon. Writer Laura Pope has a new book in the final editing stages. http://www.seacoastnh.com/women/boug.html February 25 UNH SHUT DOWN? I am trying to get University of New Hampshire at Durham using "http://www.unh.edu" for the whole day... but to no avail! "Netscape is unableto locate This server". Even trying some other accesses to this Universityvia AltaVist, BigFoot etc. is unsuccessful. That is strange, because I can reach your website easily, for example. Siegfried Schoberth, Institute of Biotechnology, Juelich/Germany s.schoberth@fz-juelich.de EDITOR'S REPLY:Yup, down. Tim checked with the webmaster. We're both alums, so we know the UNH score. Should be back up again by the time you see this, or down. The reason you get our site, which has never been down a minute in three years, is because we use a first-class hosting service. Too many sites, we've found, try to host their own pages or use questionable servers or shaky ISPs. When we build web sites for others, we strongly suggest they host with solid specialized service companies. Don't confuse real-life geography with the cyber world that knows no bounds. Try again below. http://www.unh.edu February 25 WHERE IS THAT CELIA MUSEUM? I'm wondering if anyone can help me. I read in a past issue of Victoria magazine that there is a museum that houses the writings, memorabilia, china paintings, and watercolor paintings of Celia Thaxter. The article mentioned it was called Vaughn Museum, but it didn't state where it was located. I have tried to find the museum in The Official Museum Directory, but to no avail. Dorothy K dorothy.kamm@usa.net EDITOR'S REPLY: We can do better than tell you -- we'll show you, right now. The musuem is a stone building on Star Island, right behind the Gosport Chapel. There is a great display of Celia's work and a relaxing reading room. Because of the harsh climate a lot of the paper ephemera was transferred to the Portsmouth Athenaeum last year aboard the Thomas Laighton. You'll need to visit via the ferry in the summer. Take the Star Island Stopover tour from Portsmouth. Click on our link below and scroll down to see the Vaughn Cottage Museum. http://www.seacoastnh.com/shoals/star3.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/shoals/ February 24 YOU CAN SEE THE SHOALS FROM TOLEDO I was yesterday at the Toledo (Ohio) Art Museum, and saw Childe Hassam's "Summer Sea, Isles of Shoals" (oil on canvas, 1902). Do you know if the motive is your Isles of Shoals? Hans L of Southfield Michigan hansleander@earthlink.net EDITOR'S REPLY: Why, of course, that is our own Mr. Hassem, who illustrated the still-popular "An Island Garden" by Isles of Sholas poet Celia Thaxter. http://www.hmco.com/hmco/trade/nonfiction/catalog/Title0-395-74547-0.html http://www.hol.gr/cjackson/hassam/p-hassam34.htm http://www.hol.gr/cjackson/hassam/index.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/shoals/ February 24 WALKING STICK TIN BADGES I live in Portland, and I need help. While stationed in Germany I collected badges for my cane but need to buy more. Do you know where I can buy them ? woozles@maine.rr.com EDITOR'S REPLY: Durn, there was a walking stick guy at the Dover fair last year from NH. Maybe Jack at the Dover Chamber of Commerce has his address. We don't. But here is a free link we found online as a consolation. There is a huge collection of walking sticks at the JPJ House Museum, but only a few in our picture linked below. http://www.whistlecreek.com/ http://www.seacoastnh.com/touring/jpj7.html February 24 WHAT'S THE EXETER COMBINATION? Can I get a list of the names of those who signed the "Exeter Combination" in 1640? Mary Ann from New Jersey munger@dol.state.nj.us EDITOR'S REPLY: We called Nancy Merrill at the Exeter Historical Society (603-778-2335) who says you can find the Combination in Bell's History of Exeter (1888). As she and Ed Chase explained, it is really an amazing document in which the original Exeter settlers literally set up their own government in a New World. Tossed out of Massachusetts under leader Rev. Wheelwright, the Exeter founders agreed to set up laws based on their own religious views. While the rest of Seacoast NH was owned by John Mason and governed by the King, and Mass was under similar ties, this little group was really on their own, having purchased the land directly from the Native Americans. An abridged version of the document is cast in brass on the front of the historical society building there. February 23 WHIPPLE DID IT what was william whipple's greatest achievement?any other important info that i should know? mike b mikeff8@gsp-ind.com EDITOR'S REPLY: Duh, he signed the Declaration of Independence from NH and lived in Portsmouth? Er, he didn't capitalize his name? Is this a trick question? Too easy. http://www.seacoastnh.com/framers/whipple.html February 23 REVERE'S OTHER RIDE I am writing a research paper on Paul Revere's ride on April 18, 1774. Somewhile ago, I was informed on the existence of a young woman who rode also thatnight. I would like to include this information in my paper, yet the identityof the young lady or even her presence during that legendary night remain amystery to me. M. Sumner bellemoor@aol.com EDITOR'S REPLY: The authoritative book on the topic is currently "Paul Revere's Ride" byDavid Hackett Fischer. You might also want to try "And Then What Happened, Paul Revere?" by Jean Fritz and Margot Tomes, and also "Paul Revere and the World He Lived In" by Esther Forbes. These books are all available at Amazon.com. Of course, we'll stick to our story about Paul's FIRST RIDE to Portsmouth, NH. http://www.seacoastnh.com/history/rev/revere.html February 22 WE ACE ALDRICH POP QUIZ I'm a chinese youngman and I need your help. I need to get a short work of "Thomas Bailey Aldrich", which is "How we astonished the rivermouthians". This is for my own use. Can you tell me where can I find it on the web. Please give me a response quickly, because I need it urgently. Thanks. Michael Gao flyhigh@263.net EDITOR'S REPLY: Can't believe we know the answer to this one. Your passage is Chapter 17 of the only Aldrich classic "The Story of a Bad Boy." (1869) Rivermouth was his fictionalized name for Portsmouth, NH, where this web site originates. But we have found no evidence that the book you seek is online. It is, however, available from a number of sources online since it is still in print. Fast enough foryou? If you can't wait for the book, it may be necessary to walk to a thing we used to call "the public library." Wonder if they still exist! Our other hupertext Aldrich book is clickable from the last link. The other is an online list of hypertext books by TBA. http://www.accd.edu/Sac/english/bailey/aldricht.htm http://www.seacoastnh.com/aldrich/index.html February 22 REMEMBERING LOST NEIGHBORHOODS I was sad when I read about the historic buildings being torn down and the"old" neighborhoods of families broken up. I would love to see a book aboutthe old homes and families and stories these people can tell about the warmhome life and friendships of their lost neighborhoods, the parties, weddings,school memories, etc. and think it would be wonderful to include familyrecipes and the yummy food one could purchase at the corner family ownedbakery and store. This is what the real America is all about. This is thekind of life many of us are sorry we missed out on. I have been to Europe four times and feel home sick even though I was born here. It would be nice if someday we could rebuild some of these old neighborhoodsand bring neighbors, family and good food back together again. But a book would be a great start. Elizabeth K of Brookfield, WI Basilswiss@aol.com http://www.seacoastnh.com/20th/northend.html February 21 PORTRAIT OF JPJ Can anyone give me an idea where I could get a print depicting John Paul Jones, similar to the picture on the JPJ Internet page? D. Werner seaotter@bellsouth.net EDITOR'S REPLY: Yes. We got ours from Peter E. Randall who has the last of a limited edition print of a number of JPJ images (including the famous Seaman recruiting poster) all for under $10, we believe. His email is peter@perpublisher.com and his web site is the first link below, or call 603- 431-5667. http://www.perpublisher.com/ http://www.seacoastnh.com/jpj/portraits.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/jpj/handbill.html February 21 LITE (sic) HOUSES have a quisation. I would like to know, just how many lite houses are on teh coasts of New Hampshire? corey h. EDITOR'S RELY: Well, there's the Coors' Lite House, the Bud Lite House… Just kidding. We have only one 18-mile long coast with three seacoast lighthouses, one on White Island, one in New Castle and Whaleback in the Piscataqua which is technically in Kittery, Maine. http://www.seacoastnh.com/101nh/scenic.html February 20 DAN WEBSTER'S STOLEN SWORD My husband's grandmother, still alive, is a direct descendant of Daniel Webster. Her name is Sophie Webster(Miedema) and lives here in California. A sword owned by Daniel Webster was stolen from my husband'schildhood home in Pasadena quite a few years ago, so sad. Just a little note. Caleene in CA KENOQUEEN@prodigy.net http://www.seacoastnh.com/lawyers/websterhouse.html February 20 NEW BOOK OUT ON CRISPUS ATTUCKS Crispus Attucks: The First to Die, (written by the late historian and novelist, Edmund E. Curley of Swampscott, Massachusetts) recreates the turbulent times prior to the American Revolution, and details the life of Crispus Attucks from his days as a slave, through his desperate escape and ultimate death in the Boston Massacre. Anyone individual or
organization interested in purchasing copies of Crispus Attucks: The First to Die may call or write: The
Black Patriots Foundation 1612 K St. NW Suite 1104 Washington, D.C. 20006-2802. Telephone: 1-202-452-1776.
Cost is $10 per book & $4 postage and handling. February 20 HAVE YOU SEEN OUR CLICKABLE MAPS!! Hi there! We are planning a trip to your town within the next week or so andwould like it if you could send us some information. An e-mail would reallybe great. We are interested in the interesting things to see and do inPortsmouth - a little history, whatever your chamber has to send. A citywalking map of the city would be swell too with an overview of theseacoast.Thanx in advance! Dr. Neena F of Mequon, Wisc RSFNBF@aol.com EDITOR'S REPLY: We've got to build a link that lets people apply directly for chamber materials. Too bad there are so many in the Seacoast instead of one central map -- other than ours -- of course. But ours only comes with our video tape. But all the map info, about 125 sites, are available in our online MAPS section clickable from the TOURING homepage. Home much can we offer. We also host the official Portsmouth Harbour Trail page. Theirs is the best history map of downtown Po-Town. http://www.seacoastnh.com/101nh/portsmouth.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/harbourtrail/index.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/touring/index.html February 14 THE EDITOR TAKES A BREAK Webmaster Tim will be adding two amazing new sections this week (see What's New?), the best Seacoast meteorologist on Earth is predicting Seacoast weather daily, Porfolio still presents local events, the news will show up every noon as always, the film reviews should arrive on schedule -- but the editor ain't burning the midnight oil this week, gang. Not even bringing the laptop. Staying where there isn't even a phone. So no new letters will be posted for a week. We should take this opportunity to thank those of you who write and read these fascinating letters. A few dozen emails hit the hard-drive daily now, but we're not yet fully overwhelmed. The site has hit 1,000 separate pages, thousands of pages are accessed daily, and as of the last newsletter, more than 5,000 of you receive our free monthly newsletter. That's pretty darned amazing. The banners ads are beginning to appear, you'll notice. The phone rings all day with calls from around the world. Two GIANT new sections are under production. Oh, and yesterday we had the honor of signing the incorporation papers for the Ranger Foundation (Thursday evening meeting at Red Hook Brewery -- be there!!) to begin fundraising for a $10 million tall ship for Portsmouth. And it all started here, right on these pages! For those of you
who can't survive a day without our witty editorial responses, just click to READ OUR MAIL ARCHIVES where
you will find hundreds of old letters to keep you busy. February 14 OCEAN BORN MARY SITES I remember being in the actual "Ocean Born Mary House" when it was once opento the public and hearing of the story of a baby kidnapped by a pirate. Doyou have any further information on this story, by any chance? I wouldappreciate your help! Thank you Sharron RickSha28@aol.com EDITOR'S REPLY: Now you got us interested. We've seen the Ocean Born Mary dress, or was it her trunk (?) at the NH Historical Society in Concord. The two outside links attached are by John S. Gaythorpe and Virginia Marin from ghost and folk tale sites. Mary's birth at sea, legend has it, saved the crew when the a pirate took pity on the voyagers he was about to massacre. Mary grew up and lived in Henniker, NH in the 1700s and became the housekeeper of the retired pirate whose house is restored there. The only SeacoastNH connections we could make to "Ocean" Born Mary are that the pirate in question may have been Phillip Babb, who has a murderous alliance to Smuttynose Island, plus the fact that our British Royal Gov. Benning Wentworth, wrote the charter for the town of Henniker. http://www.tiac.net/users/jsg/ghostnhh.ht http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/folklore/9264m http://rotary.henniker.nh.us/od_guide/only_henniker_on_earth.htm February 14 JPJ NOT AFRICAN AMERICAN Why is John Paul Jones listed in black History? Was he black and do you have proof? Linda D Linda10708@aol.com EDITOR'S REPLY: Earth to Linda, come in. Are you getting the same web site on that end? We even went back and checked the THEME section index (below) and went to the BH and JPJ sites. Jones did run a slave ship for a period of time, so there is a tenuous link, but he doesn't come up as an article in our Black History index. For true African-American mariners, check the final link below. http://www.seacoastnh.com/themes/index.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/blackhistory/index.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/jpj/index.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/blackhistory/jacks.html February 13 CIRCULATE FREE, OR DIE We just wanted to inform your Portsmouth readers that their old weekly newspaper, Daniel Fowle's original New Hampshire Gazette, is being published on paper again, and is available at several newsstands in Portsmouth. In addition, we're maintaining volumes of the most recent six or eight issues at the public library, several local coffee shops, and a number of other locations in downtown Portsmouth, for the entertainment of the reading public.We're not accepting subscriptions just yet, but our website will have details when we do. With the best wishes of the seacoast's oldest medium to the newest, we remain your 'umble servant, Steven Fowle, NH Gazette Editor http://www.nhgazette.com February 13 SHAKESPEARE IN THE PERK We found a graphic of William Shakespeare as a part of your Web site. Is this graphic copyrighted or is it public domain? We would like to use iton the opening pages of an online college course. An information on it'sorigin would be appreciated. EDITOR'S REPLY:
We post this only as a fine example of Internetetiquette. This graphic turns out to be a public domain
image thatanyone can use. We still request attribution to build web traffic sincewe obtained the image and
scanned it, but it's not mandatory in thiscase. Too many people assume that any image online is fair game.
Manyhave strict copyrights, others require usage fees, specific captions,backlinks. So the only correct
approach is to write and ask. Thanks. Holly at Raritan Valley College, NJ hsmythe@raritanval.edu http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please051097.html February 11 SEEING NH's "INVISIBLE" HISTORY It never ceases to amaze me whenever I read about slaves in NH. NEVERheard any of that during my years of school (grades 1-12, plus 4 yrs. @UNH). In fact, I was in a graduate class here in Ohio the first time Iheard about slavery in New England--couldn't believe it. Now yourinformation really confirms it. I was so disappointed to learn of thismark on our wonderful history. Do you think the reason we never heardany of this was because, we didn't talk about "those things" or did peoplejust choose to ignore it? OR was I not listening in class? Live and learnas the old saying goes. Really enjoy Seacoast NH. Good work. Carolyn at University of Findlay, OH callard@mail.findlay.edu EDITOR'S REPLY: The founders did some great stuff, but they also knew the #1 rule of history -- out of sight, out of mind. We have almost no records at all concerning Native Americans, blacks, colonial women, immigrants. IN our upcoming article on slaves at the William Pitt Tavern, Valerie talks about the "invisible" Africans ignored to the point of invisibility. You were paying attention in school. Now, at least, our kids can hear more of the truth. http://www.seacoastnh.com/blackhistory/ February 11 NH SOCIETY SEEKS VT GRANT In searching your site, I was pleased to find Meshech Weare who signed hiscaptain's commission in 1785 "for at that time there was no governor" With respect to New Hampshire history, could you please tell me if your site has any information on the NH grants, or on New Hampshire's roll in the creation of the state of Vermont? Is an article on this topic forthcoming? Denise G. Jones deniseagj@juno.com http://www.sar.org/nhssar/default.htm EDITOR'S REPLY: You seem to know much more on the topic than we, based on your web site. Our meager essay is called "Report from the Vermont Frontier" (linked below). We understand that Portsmouth Gov Benning Wentworth chartered over 100 Vermont towns. That's one more reason why we need to rebuild the Old State House, to get in touch with our pre-Revolutionary heritage, when NH extended all the way to New York. http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please031397.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/framers/weare.html February 10 NOT INTERESTED IN HISTORY I am doing a 10 page report on any topic about American History. I can't think of a topic or an event that interests me. I am interested in serial killers, psychology, murder, things like that. Do you have any ideas? Ann EDITOR'S REPLY: You should read "Lies My Teacher Told Me" about how badly history is taught in America today versus how exciting it really is. Sound like a pretty sicko list of favorite topics, so we're assuming you are dressed in black and pierced to the nines. Ah, youth. All we had was bell bottoms and love beads, oh and serial killers and the likes of Charlie Manson. Just go to our History Themes page and pick something. If nothing appeals to you, wait a few years. You'll grow out of it. http://www.seacoastnh.com/themes/index.html February 09 NOT LIKE CANADA HERE We're looking for information and rates for a motel or house rental inHampton Beach for july or august 1999. We're 2 adults and 3 childrenunder 5 years old. We're planning a 1 week stay. We found your site with all the addresses and phone numbers but is therea way to get more information? Jean-Sébastien in Sherbrooke, Canada jsg@interlinx.qc.ca EDITOR'S REPLY: When we were in Canada -- Quebec City, Toronto, Nova Scotia -- the tourist info was universally quick and convenient. Not so in provincial NH, we fear. Our 3 years of efforts to date to come up with a universal system for the region, for Hampton Beach even, have not been fruitful. Locations are adverse to a fee, chambers want sites for free, lodging sites do not want to post rates, towns cannot agree on standard systems, etc. etc. But we will not stop trying. You deserve an easy on-line system. Until then, we can only offer FREE links to all seacoast lodging and restaurant sites and pass that info on to you. What you see is hundreds of hours and dollars of volunteer effort. http://www.seacoastnh.com/touring/lodging.html February 08 APPRECIATES VALERIE'S HARD WORK I appreciate your writing and research. Our family is Caucasian. My daughter has been doing research on her children's ancestors. After reading Black history and seeing Smithsonian programs on TV, I'm resigned to hearing that our ancestors did own slaves. At a certain point in time, probably all white men in certain states owned slaves unless they had an income below a certain level. Thank goodness "we" woke up and saw how wrong that was. (I realize a small number of people always knew it.) Mary Marshall Fowler mmf1@ix.netcom.com http://www.seacoastnh.com/blackhistory/ February 08 RYE REDUX Three years ago while visiting New Hampshire we looked into renting a cabin located across the road from the Rye state beach. This particular group of cottages were rather rustic and although we taped them inside and out on our camcorder, we failed to note the name of the cottages. P.S. feel free to include other similar listings in the general area around Hampton Beach Judester37@aol.com EDITOR'S REPLY: Somebody's not getting the word out on these cottages. We answered this question Jan 23. The owners should know now many people are searching for their accommodations. Our Hampton listings are linked below and a link to Read Our Mail Archives for the previous Rye query. http://www.seacoastnh.com/mail/mail0199.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/touring/motels.html#beach February 08 HELP!!!!!! I am a student. I am doing research on islands off the u.s.coast. I want to know what other islands are off your coast ( or maine and mass)that are at least 3-5 miles away from the mainland. I also need to know what kind of plants, animals could live there. Can you please help me. bythesea@earthlink.net EDITOR'S REPLY: Late night homework, eh? Well the Isles are 10 miles out, and NH has nothing else to offer. How about Plum Island in Newbury. MA? Not really an island anymore, but full of wildlife. http://www.plum-island.com/ February 08 TRAPPED AT PEASE I recently took the bus from Boston to Pease. For future reference, once I am at the Tradeport, what is the fastest way of getting to "downtown" Portsmouth (and back to the Tradeport)? Keep up the good work. Bruce B from New Jersey bbublick@bbublick-cpa.com EDITOR'S REPLY: The city, we hear, is planning to use one of its four new trolleys to begin commuter service to Pease and the mall. Our public transport system here has never been convenient, but it appears some good solid thinking is going on in City Hall these days. Within three years, an effective affordable transportation system may be in place -- except for taxi service, but that's another story. On might walk from Pease and take a bus near the mall on Golsing Road and into Market Square, but the traffic is deadly there. We suggest waiting until summer when the trolley is in place. When it is, we'll post the schedule at our own trolley spot -- online that is. http://www.seacoastnh.com/trolley/ February 08 RETURN TO SALMON FALLS When I was just a child, my parents would take me to Salmon Falls quite often. Now that time has gone by, what ever happen to Salmon Falls? I am now 43 years of age and would like to go back there someday soon and visit where the train would run from and maybe see what is left of that old neighborhood. Also, would like to visit the library or obtain any reading material that might be available on this town. Pauline Hoerner from Cape Cod j1ocean@aol.com EDITOR'S REPLY: You're not the only one who loves Salmon Falls. That's the old name for the community that combined South Berwick, Maine and Rollinsford, NH. You'll be pleased to know we will be adding a Rollinsford section this summer. The historical society there has lots of info and can be reached via our Historical Society list. http://www.seacoastnh.com/history/hs.html February 08 NEWSLETTER IS LIKE GOING HOME I love receiving the newsletter. I grew up in NH, and my ancestors are from the seacoast area - foss, drew and one philbrick. My husband and I lived in Portsmouth for about 2 years, while he worked at the Portsmouth Shipyard in Kittery. But, the contest, for February, made me go look ata map my mother had, it is copyrighted 1930 by Dorothy _____, of the "Olde Strawberry Bank". I had to look at it to see where the North End was, that got bulldozed. The map was mostly of historical stuff, so I only found the Christian Shore, with Cutts house marked, I haveforgotten most of Portsmouth (darn) as we have been in Florida for 20 + years. But the newsletter is like home again. Keep me on the list!!!! Caroline Stagg dagor@bellsouth.net EDITOR'S REPLY: Nice to see our free contest sparked your history research, just as we planned. You'll learn a lot more about urban renewal and the destruction of Portsmouth's "Little Italy" in future articles. We have a photo feature in progress. We'll try to get a few pictures that will make it easier to orient yourself to the missing area. It can be confusing. Stay tuned. You're one of over 4,600 now receiving our free newsletter worldwide. http://www.seacoastnh.com/20th/northend.html February 06 SERIOUS SEAROWER SUBMISSION Really enjoyed the photo tour("SeacoastNH.com Rows to Smuttynose"). I once rowed to the islands from Kittery while participating in the Isles of Shoals Race then sponsored by Martin Marine Company. Thanks for making the photo tour available. Mel Holloway. searower@crosslink.net EDITOR'S REPLY: We too have an Alden Ocean Shell made by Arthur with oars designed by his son Doug. Readers would know the Martins for the more familiar design of the Boston Whaler. We've taken the shell into deep water off New Castle, but never had the guts to attempt the 9-mile trip to the Isles, despite the shell's claims as seaworthy. http://www.seacoastnh.com/tji/smuttypix1.html February 06 THEY READ OUR MAIL My wife are new to the area.. and we love this site...we have learned so much from reading e-mails. mendis1@yahoo.com February 04 NEWS BREAK: BOUNTY COMING! SeacoastNH.com Exclusive: You heard it here first! The tall ship HMS BOUNTY (Yes, as in "Mutiny on the Bounty") will be coming to Portsmouth, NH this summer in July. That's hot off the presses. For more on the ship, click below. (JDR) http://www.tallshipbounty.org/ February 04 ONE-STOP SHOALS INFO-CENTER I would like information about ferry service and accomodations on Star Island. Our family of four will be in New Hampshire to deliver our son to UNH by August 12. He is seriously considering studying marine biology, and we've heard that UNH has a research station on Appledore I. We would possibly want to stay August 8-11 on the island. Jana M of Walliongford, PA MAX3379@aol.com EDITOR'S REPLY: All the info you seek is in our Isles of Shoals hotlinks -- Star Island Corp owns the island and you can only stay by attending a conference. The only access to Star is the ferry company listed, as is the Shoals Marine lab web site via Cornell and UNH. We charge only $100 to click on the following links (just kidding) that include photo tours or Star and Appledore. http://www.seacoastnh.com/shoals/links.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/shoals/appletour1.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/postcards/star/index.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/photosrandall/index.html February 04 SEEKING SARATOGA PIC I am looking for an image of the Sloop of War Saratoga, built in the Portsmouth Navy Yard (Kittery) about 1842. I have enjoyed your web page images of the constitution and thought you might be able to suggest a source for one of the Saratoga. Am writing an article about the Saratogaand need a reasonably good photo. Stuart B brolly@bonnymede.com EDITOR'S REPLY: We rifled through all the Portsmouth Marine Society books and every history of the Portsmouth Navy Yard we know, but could find no image of the Saratoga. At that very moment, the phone rang and it was America's top ship builder Melbourne Smith from Annapolis. He thumbed through his copy of Howard I. Chapelle's, "The History of American Sailing Ships," and found an image of Saratoga on page 427. Dick Winslow (write to him via Portsmouth Library or Athenaeum) is finishing a book on the 200 year history of the shipyard here and he would be the best local source, or Jim Dolph, curator of the museum at PNSY. Since Saratoga survived to 1907, it is likely a photo exists somewhere. The Saratoga, it's interesting to note, captured another Portsmouth-built ship "Nightingale" which had 650 slaves aboard in an illegal smuggling operation. February 04 WE HAVE BEST JONES I want to thank you for your informative web site on John Paul Jones.In the many maritime history web sites I have reviewed for clients in the past, this one stands out as one of the better presented ones I have seen. Matthew G. McKenzie mgmk@earthlink.net http://www.seacoastnh.com/jpj/ February 04 SHOOTER NEEDS CLASS Dear Mr Morang: I'm looking for some information on photography classes I could take somewhere in the area. I was just curious to see if you knew where I could find some. Erik H of Pembroke, NH ErikH99@aol.com MR. MORANG'S REPLY: Erik, I do not know of any specific photography classes in your area, But check continuing education, adult education, technical schools and UNH Lifelong learning catalogs, many of which you will find in your junk mail. Also night programs at your high school. Ask at Concord Camera. If you want to travel a bit, the Manchester Institute of Arts has an excellent photography program. http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/photoarch.html February 04 OGUNQUIT IN MARCH I will be in the Ogunquit, ME area on vacation March 13-20. I would love anything that you could send me regarding things to do, places to go, shopping, dining, activities and the like for this timeframe. Jennifer of Brighton, MA jennifer@romnet.com EDITOR'S REPLY: Ogunquit, the tourism town, is largely asleep in the winter, though you can walk on the beach or along Marginal Way in Eskimo outfits and enjoy the incredible scenery. Actually, we prefer this quiet cold season. A number of resident dining spots and a few hotels are open and we called the chamber there for you to find out more, but got a recording. The machine said, you can order a booklet of summer activities it will be sent in 7-14 days. The number is 207-646-2939. Their web site is clickable below but show events starting in April, but lots of accommodation info. Our video tape, the only one of the entire region in all seasons, is available in our Seacoast Store. The first link is a picture of what you will see there. http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/photospernold/ph6.html http://www.ogunquit.org/ February 03 BIG WINNER OF $300 TIMBERLAND JACKET! WHAT A NICE SURPRISE TO RECEIVE YOUR E MAIL NOTIFYING ME THAT I WAS THE JANUARY GRAND PRIZE WINNER!MY VERY FIRST ON LINE WIN! AND VERY APPROPRIATE TO COME FROM AN AREA THAT I ENJOY AND VISIT OFTEN.PORTSMOUTH IS A GREAT CITY!! LOOKING FORWARD TO RECEIVING THE TIMBERLAND PARKA. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. EDWINA LANGO Elango1911@aol.com http://www.seacoastnh.com/contests/index.html February 03 WANTS TO HELP BUILD RANGER I am looking for information on how to become involved in "The Ranger" project. I was unable to makethe gathering at Yoken's with Mr. Smith a few weeks ago, but after reading your 1/15/99 As I Pleasecolumn ("Mr. Smith Meets Mr. Jones"), there definitely seems to be a great interest. If you couldtell me how to get in touch with Tom Cocchiaro or any other information you might have, I'dappreciate it. Barbara.Zulkiewicz@fmr.com http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please011599.html EDITOR'S REPLY: We hear the list is now up to 100 interested people since the meeting and another ison the way. We have been in touch with Mebourne Smith and other key people on almost a daily basis.IN fact, we got a call here the other day from a Scottish TV station who had heard the ship wasalready built! A February meeting of the as-yet-unchartered "Ranger Foundation" is coming up soon.You can reach the "instigator" Tom Cocchiaro at t.cocchiaro@rscs.net for more details. February 02 BUT WE HAVE SALTY SEASONS HERE! I will be moving to the seacoast soon and would like to know if you haveany information on local art/craft shows through out the coming year. I market delicious salt freeseasoning mixes and would like to sign up for some shows. betty Jo bjquinn@monad.net EDITOR'S REPLY: Actually our own calendar sponsored by Portfolio magazine seemed to have the mostlisted when we checked. You can also try Foster's Showcase/Events (see previous letter). A link forthe NH State Arts Council follows. But as to a perfect listing for your needs -- we didn't find one. http://www.state.nh.us/nharts/ February 02 WHERE DOES AN ARTIST GO? I'll assume you are the people in the know regarding Portsmouth, so here's my question: I am asouthern New Hampshire artist looking for places/galleries to show my work. It is contemporary innature, a mix ofdigital photography, airbrush graphics with a twist of surrealist. You can view my website, in orderto get a feel of the work. (Click below) Do you have a list of places in and around portsmouth thatmay be interested? Thomas Brown Thomas.Brown@digital.com EDITOR'S REPLY: For all its artsy reputation, this town has no public art gallery and only a fewprivate hanging galleries. A lot of restaurants and banks (Café Brioche, Press Room, Fleet, Karen'setc.) display artwork. The best list we know is in the Showcase sections of Foster's Daily Democrat.When you get to the site (click below), go to EVENTS and then ART GALLERIES. Our attempt to make adirect link didn't work, but this is a good starting spot. http://www.fosters.com/ February 01 JOHN STARK IN QUEBEC I was pleased to find your Framers of Freedom site with its entry on General John Stark. Accordingto the memoir of Capt. David Perry, John Stark was a captain of a company of Rangers under GeneralJames Wolfe at the Siege of Quebec City in 1759. Perry's memoir (_Recollections of an old soldier:the life of Captain David Perry, a soldier of the French and Revolutionary Wars... [Windsor, Vt.:Republican and Yeoman Printing Office, 1822]) describes the Rangers' activities and indicates that,at least at one point, Capt. Stark's company was present. Captain Banonie Danks, commanding a companyof Nova Scotia Rangers, is also mentioned. Perry himself was part of the Ranger company of Capt.Moses Hazen, who also became a general during the Revolution. The following paragraph includes thereference and a footnote regarding John Stark that might be of interest to those researching thegeneral: "The company to which I belonged, landed early one morning, and we went directly to a large house,about a quarter of a mile distant. The people fled at our approach, and we caught plenty of pigs,geese, and fowls; and while part of our men were busied in carrying the squawling and squealing bootyto the vessels, there came a Frenchman out of the woods, and ran into the house. We followed afterand took him, and carried him a-board the vessels. And the officers told him if he would be friendlyto us, and pilot us to their back settlements, he should be used well; which he complied with, and heproved true to his engagements. Having breakfasted a-board the ship, our whole party went up to thehouse just mentioned, where we found large stores of provisions, of one kind and another, and amongthe rest a plenty of pickled Salmon, which was quite a rarity to most of us; and as we had beenseveral days a-board the vessels, we concluded to stay there the day and night, and went to cookingSalmon for dinner, &c. The men strolled about as they pleased, and pretty soon we heard three orfour guns fired a short distance from us, and we paraded immediately, to see who was missing. Itappeared there were only two absent, viz: Lieut. Toot, of Capt. Stark's† company, and a private. Wethen marched to the place from which the report had been heard, and found the soldier, who had beenshot and scalped, who died soon after. The Lieutenant returned unhurt. We marched on a littledistance, and came to a large opening. Here we surrounded and took a Frenchman, from whom weendeavored to learn what had become of those who fired the guns, but he would not tell; and theCaptain told him he would kill him if he did not, at the same time directing us to draw our knives,upon our doing which he fell to saying his prayers upon his knees, firmly refusing to tell. Findinghim thus resolute and faithful to his friends, the Captain sent him a prisoner to the shipping, andwe went to our cooking again." Footnote: "This is Gen. John Stark, who is now [1822]
living at Pembroke, N. Hampshire; and,according to my best recollection as to his age, he is rising of 95
years old. I have frequentlybeen told, within a few years, by intelligent persons, that Gen. S. and
myself are the only men nowliving in New- England, who belonged to the army which took Quebec." [David
Perry's footnote;brackets per 1822 ed.] February 01 WINNER WANTS PRIZE Hello, again! A few weeks ago I saw my name among your list of winners of your Brief History ofPortsmouth booklet but have yet to hear from you. I know you are busy but: Dennis of San Jose, CA denofearth@excite.com EDITOR'S REPLY: Busy and inefficient, but hang on. The 25 winning booklets are stuffed, labeled andpacked up by the office oor. We were just waiting for the postage rate to go up. http://www.seacoastnh.com/portsmouth/book.html |
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