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May 28
ADVENTURER WANTS TO FIND THE BONHOMME
I am Bill Warren, an adventurer who, with my team and hi-tech electronics, will be looking for John Paul Jones ship "Bonnhomme Richard" off the English coast in a few weeks. We intend to find this ship. All parties interested in going with us are welcome. Contact us for details. Tell a friend result of your feedback form.
Bill Warren
lobster1@mindspring.com

EDITOR'S REPLY: We spoke at length on the phone and vial e-mail with Mr. Warren and offered any small bits of info we have. Our focus is on the Ranger here, and we did note that the international press reported a supposed finding of the Bonhomme wreck in 1999, although it has never been substantiated.
http://www.oceanspace.co.uk/issue81/wreck.html
http://www.saa.org.uk/archaeology/archaeology%20dec.html
http://www.seacoastnh.com/jpj/
http://www.numa.org/press/richard/ccintrvw.htm


May 28
WENTWORTH-GARDNER OPENING?
Hello I am traveling the area end of May and the beginning of June, what day in June does the Wentworth-Gardner house open.
Jim Knittel
quigily@prodigy.net

EDITOR'S REPLY: The phone at the old house kept ringing so we assumed the house is not yet open and called president Bill Manfull. He confirmed that the season begins June 14. We've got both WG and Tobias Lear )run by the same nonprofit group) houses online, plus our Lear section - all linked below. Our web site, by the way, is open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, including holidays.
http://www.seacoastnh.com/wentworth/index.html
http://www.seacoastnh.com/lear/index.html
http://www.seacoastnh.com/tobiaslear/index.html


May 26
BACK TO BASICS
I am looking for a map of the seacoast; could you please help me ? and any historical data about the seacoast that would be of interest.
Somebody from Manchester
BURNSS3217896237@aol.com

EDITOR'S REPLY: Ummm, like did you search our site for MAPS? We spent a whole year creating our own and they are filed under, um, MAPS. The link is below. As to History, we hid that under a section called History, which is also linked below. You'll find about a THOUSAND web pages on local history, so bring along some snacks and be prepared to stay the night.
http://www.seacoastnh.com/101nh/maps.html
http://www.seacoastnh.com/history/index.html


May 26
PICTURING THE RAID
I would like to know if I could purchase a photo at last December raid on F.T. William + Mary? Thank - You ! It was a photo that was in the news paper of myself lifting a barrel over my head . I was wearing a navy outfit. With no hat on ! It was blown away.
Douglas Morrill
Militia1775@aol.com

EDITOR'S REPLY: We have a radical approach to photography on this web site. Photographers put up the images and we get the rights to use them online. They maintain all other use and ownership and so those who want further access to the images offline simply have to contact the artists. You write to us, we forward the info to the photographer, in this case, Ralph Morang. Check below for access to Mr.Morand's new stock photo company, called aptly, New England Photo. Radically simple.
http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/photosmorang3/index.html
http://www.newenglandphoto.com/


May 26
KNOCKING AROUND THE ZOO
I just wanted to tell you your articles are great about the Seacoast,. What is York Wild Kingdom like? I was thinking of going there with the children. where can I find more information about it? I enjoy reading your news letters.
Sandy of Laconia, NH
leeb101@hotmail.com

EDITOR'S REPLY: Sandy gets our award for the wildest topic in any letter this month. The weirdest letter this month actually was from a reader who asked us about the history of the straight jacket -- like we should know or something. Anyway, the last of the small local zoos has its own web site and you can contact them directly by clicking below, or hurry up and win free tickets in our contest this month.
http://www.yorkzoo.com/
http://www.seacoastnh.com/contests/index.html


May 25
BROCK ON A ROCK
I AM INTERESTED IN ANYONE NAMED BROCK LIVING ON THE ISLES BETWEEN 1700 AND 1800. MY AUNT HAS FOUND INFO SUGGESTING A RELATIVE LIVED THERE ON THE ISLE AS A FISHERMAN. I DON'T HAVE ANY MORE INFO. I WOULD BE INTERESTED IN SEEING ANY DOCUMENTATION ABOUT THESE RELATIVES.
R.BROCK of South Berwick
RBrock7966@aol.com

EDITOR'S REPLY: Whoa, we can hear that shouting all the way to the Shoals! Genealogical research is way out of our league, but some of our friends at ISHRA will guide readers to the right sources. That's the Isles of Shoals research group that meets twice annually at the Seacoast Science center. They are best reached via our Shoaler Bulletin Board below. You can place your note there by clicking here:
http://www.seacoastnh.com/shoaler


May 24
MORE WENTWORTH TEARS
Thank you so much for the current photograph of the Wentworth hotel (scroll down to letter below on May 21). As you said, it is hard to tell which is worse about the picture, the weather or the hotel's condition. Actually I think the worst thing is that it was depressing enough to make a woman living hundred of miles away, who never even has laid eyes on the place in person, sit at her desk at work with tears in her eyes. Good thing I have my own office, the people I work with are convinced enough of my insanity without any further confirmation being necessary.

The hotel seems so small. I know vast portions of it are gone, but the portion still standing appears so much larger and more imposing in the earlier photographs. Sort of "Super-Building!" Now it looks as mortal as it is, and I guess has been all along. At any rate, I'll be more pleased than I can say if it can be saved. I'd hate to add it to my list of Joan's favorite amazing and vanished buildings. That list includes Saltair in Utah, Steeplechase Park, Luna Park and Dreamland at Coney Island (all of Coney, in fact), the Manhattan Beach, Brighton and Oriental Hotels near Coney, etc.

Our city was hit by a tornado in 1998, which devastated much of historic downtown. The current mayor's administration has used that as an excuse to level as much of the historic district as he possibly can. Sometimes doing the demolition at night, under cover of darkness. It is hard to take. I'll keep checking back regularly at the webpage for that, and other interesting stories! :)
Joan Boadway
joan.boadway@cmcss.net
http://www.seacoastnh.com/wentbysea/index.html



May 23
RECALLING THE SMITHS
Hello! I was wondering if you could tell me what happened to Margaret and James B. Smith, who owned the Wentworth from 1946-1980. Do you know anything about them? I love your website, and use it on a daily basis. Thank you for any information that you may provide.
Erin E. McGowan
eemcgowan@aol.com

EDITOR'S REPLY: The Smiths sold the hotel in 1980 and retired. They remained active in the Portsmouth community working with many non-profits including Cross Roads for the homeless and Strawbery Banke museum. In 1990, after 2 years in a nursing home, James Barker Smith died. Margaret Smith was moved by her son, James Barker Smith, to Georgia to a nursing home where she died in 1995. Margaret was born in 1907. James was born in 1908. They ran the hotel longer than any other owners-- for nearly 35 years. For more information on their personal history, The Wentworth collection at the Portsmouth Athenaeum has quite a bit of their personal correspondence and family pictures. The Athenaeum is open Tues. and Thurs. 1 to 4 and on Sat. 10-4. - Maryellen Burke, Friends of the Wentworth historian. (See a picture of the Smiths and images from their era at the Hotel Wentworth by clicking below:
http://www.seacoastnh.com/wentbysea/smith.html


May 22
OCEAN BORN MARY BOBS UP AGAIN
I remember reading a story in an obscure book about the Ocean-born Mary House in Hampton, New Hampshire, is it still there? I know there's a legend that goes with it.
Blair Colquhoun
bard@cybertours.com

EDITOR'S REPLY: It's amazing how many people remember Ocean Born Mary around here, when in fact, the house was in Henniker, NH. We did a little research on her about a year ago and the info is all in our letters archive. New readers may not realize that every letter we've ever answered online is still online (over 1,000 of them) and can be found via our MAIL ARCHIVE Search Engine. To read about Ocean Born Mary, you'll need to find the letters from July 28, 1999 and July 23, 1999. Do that by just clicking on the link below and scrolling down. To find other letters, just go to the link below that. It's a veritable encyclopedia of information - courtesy of SeacoastNH.com.
http://www.seacoastnh.com/mail/mail0799.html
http://www.seacoastnh.com/mail/indexarch.html


May 21
FADING GLORY: WENTWORTH TODAY
I am very interested in the attempts to save Wentworth-By-The-Sea and would like to see a photograph of the building as it currently appears. The beautiful, historic photographs are wonderful, but something more recent would better help me to understand the present condition of the hotel and its surroundings. I pray this beautiful landmark will survive.

PS. Your web site is absolutely wonderful!! I stumbled across it after searching on Northern Light.com for information about the hotel, and spent the rest of the evening poring over the stories. The axe murder....whoah! So interesting! I have family in Rollinsford, and hope one day to make a trip to Wentworth-By-The-Sea when I'm in that part of the country. Provided it is still there, of course. One can only hope, and I certainly am!
Joan Lillard-Boadway, Clarksville, TN
badbadeel@aol.com

EDITOR'S REPLY: Good point. We locals are used to looking at the sad crumbling shell of a hotel. People can barely talk about it, we've all been turned so schizoid by conflicting reports (saved, lost, saved, lost...) for the last decade. We've asked our top photographer to consider a photo tour so you can all see what the poor hotel looks like today. And you can go psycho too by checking the online newspaper reports that we have been linking to on our Wentworth theme site. We were out there the other day with a Japanese visitor and took the ATTACHED CRUMMY PHOTO. Since this was a key location in the negotiation of the Russo-Japanese peace treaty in 1905, the site is a sort of historic shrine for Japanese tourists. "Why can't your state of New Hampshire just save the hotel?" the visitor asked our editor. "Why can't you save your own history? Don't they see it's value?" We just shrugged and looked helpless. Locals feel powerless despite years and years of hard work by preservationist volunteers. It is all up to the buyers, the sellers and the little NH town. Right now, there is scarcely anything left, and it hunkers there, reminding us how powerless we are. This is, after all, New Hampshire, land of the tax free independent souls. We do what we can by keeping you all in touch and, soon, we will have over 50 old photos online. Check our site below. And check the condo development company web site below that. They talk a lot about history, but notice that there is no mention of the hotel, no picture. It is as if, in the minds of some, the hotel is already gone. It is all very sad when the interests of the few destroy the past of many. But the truth is, the Wentworth Hotel, even in its day, was very exclusive - a "gentiles only" establishment for the rich and famous. The history we remember, the glory days of the grand hotels, is as much fantasy as fact.
http://www.seacoastnh.com/wentbysea/index.html
http://www.wentworthbythesea.com/



May 19
THE E-COAST UNPLIGGED
I run a small engineering company located in the Portsmouth Industrial Park. I am extremely frustrated in my efforts in trying to do better then a 56K dial up connection for communication with the outside world. It seems that in this "E-Coast" region, touted as one of the tech centers of the country we are stuck in the midst of a mid 80's infrastructure. No DSL, no fiber, no high speed access to the world via the web of any kind for one of the City's prime industrial and technical locations. Only copper at dial up baud rates. Until we are equipped to join the tech centers of the world from an infrastructure standpoint I believe that we are only kidding ourselves about our bright cyber future.
Nels Tyring
nels@tvcsystem.com

EDITOR'S REPLY: Don't get us started on the e-Coast topic. We created the entire search engine, SeacoastSearch.com, in hopes of showing people what the imaginary e-Coast really looks like. So far 1,300 local web sites, but our definition of the e-Coast is broader than those in the founding organization, of which we are paid-up dissenting members. We believe that the definition of the term should be widened to read: "The transfer of income or resources via the Internet in the coastal region." We get hit almost daily by companies seeking to sell DSL services, but our office is within tumor-producing proximity to downtown central phone relay station. Too bad we can't afford it. Too bad your industrial park hasn't been able to bring hi-tech services to your hi-tech business. If it helps, NH is actually the #2 state in the nation (after Alaska) for use of the Internet per capita. Thanks for your refreshingly dissenting view.
http://www.seacoastnh.com/business/index.html


May 16
WE GOT THE NAVY YARD & AIRSHOW UPDATES
You are the only source I could find that had a calendar listing for the Shipyard 200th anniv and I hope the Sub Centennial. Those Newspapers (Herald and Fosters had nothing I could find) Thanks. PS: There is supposed to be an air show in early August at Pease. Heard anything?
Steven of Hampton, NH
scb9@ttlc.net

EDITOR'S REPLY: we aim to please. The little known Navy Yard listing is on our EVENTS page and the June 10 open house is coming up fast - so is our new SHIPYARD section on SeacaostNH. We hadn't heard of the airshow, so we called Pease Tradeport and learned that the Brain Injury Airshow 2000 will be held there August 5. We called the Wings of Hope toll free number and they are pulling together the performer list now - and they need volunteers. The number is 1-800-773-8400 and both web links are listed below with our latest history of the shipyard article:
http://www.ports.navy.mil/upevents.html
http://www.bianh.org/
http://www.seacoastnh.com/navyyard/history.html


May 15
SARAH FOSTER SELLS ON EBAY
I have a First Edition copy of PORTSMOUTH GUIDE BOOK (Sarah Haven Foster, 1876) and was simply thrilled to learn more of the history of same that you provided in your website! As with the later editions of this book, Sarah does not have a by-line in the book, but there is a Preface with her three (3) initials which the two later editions may or may not have - I've never seen these copies. I may place this book at auction on eBay and would like to include an excerpt from your history of Sarah and the book which I think is very important. If I do place this book at auction, do you mind if I include a link to your website for the complete history as told by an historian of the area? I am so excited about learning of her paintings by way of your website, and I'm anxious to go to the Portsmouth Library on my next visit to the area...hopefully real soon! I'm very hopeful that the public has access to view these little paintings on request. Perhaps I should phone first. Also, do most of the buildings in Sarah's walking tours still exist? I'd love to take a tour.
Barbara
barbarac@landmarknet.net

EDITOR'S REPLY: What a great project for a volunteer, high school or grad student - to go around town comparing Sarah Foster's initial guidebook with the buildings left standing in Portsmouth - and with her hundreds of tiny watercolors. Last we heard the PPL was letting people see the pictures on request, but there are plans, we believe, to make slides or a digital copies available instead and to conserve the originals. Call ahead to Nicole Longo, the new Special Collections librarian (603-427-1540), and feel free to link to our Sarah article online ("When Helen Met Sarah") where readers will see a copy of the old guide.
http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please040999.html


May 15
RANDALL WEB PRESS
Would you be able to tell me the address of Peter Randall Publishing Company. I would like to send a letter asking for a catalog or pamphlet containing New Hampshire books that they have.
Ann Downs

EDITOR'S REPLY: The esteemed editor of hundreds of local books can be reached at this link:
http://www.perpublisher.com/


May 13
PENNY DREADFUL COMING
I stumbled across your site when I did a search for "penny dreadfuls". Do you know where I can find a replica of an actual 19th century penny dreadful on line? Your newsletter looks interesting. I'll try to log on again when I have more time. (Do not send a reply here. This is a friend's server.)
tony young

EDITOR'S REPLY: We have been desperately searching for a local volunteer to delicately transcribe our recent acquired penny dreadful so we can put it online for you all. It's called "Paul Jones the Pirate" and is a delicate little 24-page pamphlet that talks about Paul Jones of "Pascataqay" which is right here in New Hampshire! Cool. In the interim, while we are working on this one, you can ruminate out the following web link we found while searching onthe same phrase:
http://www.bl.uk/collections/epc/onoweb.html


May 11
FUTURE TIDES
Could you provide me with a tide chart for the months of July & August of 2000? I am having difficulty pulling up a tide chart for those months.
Linda M in Wakefield, MA
lmirasolo@darwinpartners.com

EDITOR'S REPLY: We're no mariners here, though our emotions do ebb and flow. Below are a couple of links. The first is used by "Commander" Steve Fowle who produces an elaborate tide chart for the back of the NH Gazette weekly. The other is from our weatherman Ken Mitchell's page called "The Weather and Why."
http://tbone.biol.sc.edu/tide/sites_useastupper.html
http://www.maineharbors.com/nh/tidenh.htm
http://www.seacoastnh.com/weather/links.html


May 10
ISLES OF SHOALS GENEALOGY
I recently found out that my family is from New Hampshire. The last known Brock i can trace was born in the isle of shoals in 1769 and died in Pittsfield NH. His name is Stephen Brock sr. all the Brock men lived in or around Pittsfield from there on. now what i need, is to find all the Brock names that are from that area. (Isles of Shoals) I really need to find out what Stephen's father's name is. Can you help me find this info.? Can you put me in contact with someone who could be of help
Jim Brock in Minneapolis
onsnap99@aol.com

EDITOR'S REPLY: Your best bet is to post your note on our Shoaler Bulletin Board that focuses on the Isles. We had hoped this project would bring responses from as many as 200 members of ISHRA, which you should join forthwith (see info in FAQ on ShoalerBB intro page below), but traffic has not met our expectations lately. A few very hardy and dedicated Shoalers have been responding to letters in great detail, but we are working to draw more Shoals people towards the free BB that we created last year. With more than 2000 pages online at SeacoastNH currently and thousands and thousands of readers daily, we hope to spin off more interactivity to targeted special interest groups like ISHRA. At about 60-80 hours a week, we two volunteer boys are maxed out here in the editorial department, particularly for time-consuming projects like genealogy - to which we would love to respond otherwise. The more info we can get online, the more we can lead new readers like Jim directly to the people who are "in the know."
http://www.seacoastnh.com/shoaler/index.html


May 09
SECOND PLACE IS COOL BY HIM
Congratulations Tim!! You've got a great site. I look forward to the monthly newsletter. You're in the winners circle in my book, pal. Keep up your good hard work. Second place is cool by me.
John Lavigne
jflavigne@webtv.net
http://www.seacoastnh.com/award6.html



May 09
WOMAN BORN IN TWO STATES AT ONCE!
I'd like to say thank you for the wonderful historical piece on Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. This happens to be the place I was born -- so reading a detailed history of my birthplace was a real treat. Now if only they would settle the dispute about which state it is located in.... my birth certificate actually lists both states on it.
Sherri Goodwin, exiled in Milwaukee, WI
gourmet@cyberlynk.net
http://www.seacoastnh.com/navyyard/history.html



May 08
REMEMBERING JOE
You indeed have a gift for words and I view it much like I do a professional baseball player, in that it is a God given gift that only a few can do on a professional level. It was a treat to read about Joe Sawtelle ("Thank You, Joe Sawtelle" As I Please, May 6, 2000) from your perspective, and I believe it more accurately reflects his life than anything else I have read thus far. I believe it really celebrates his life and encourages involvement in the community, which is exactly what he would have wanted.

I stand with you in my hope that our community will learn from a "do-er", and each of us will carry on some of the good he started. I for one, will never forget him, and I pledge to try to continue some of the good Joe did.
Andy Kaplan, Pres. Kinderworks Corp, Somersworth, NH
kndrwrks@nh.ultranet.com
http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please050600.html



May 06
BEFORE THE GENERAL SULLIVAN BRIDGE
I have heard that there was once a wooden bridge and train track crossing Great Bay between Dover Point and Newington, near where the General Sullivan Bridge now stands. Is there information or pictures available concerning this possibility? There is so much to enjoy in the Seacoast area, I wouldn't want to live anywhere else!
Edie D of East Rochester, NH
JEREDIE@Concentric.net

EDITOR'S REPLY: Sounds like you're referring to the Piscataqua Bridge, replaced by the Sullivan, we believe, which is no longer used for vehicles. This info comes from the NH Historical Markers manual: "At end of next road southeast, this engineering feat was used from 1794 to 1855. It joined Fox Point, Newington, and Meader's Neck, Durham via Goat Island. Also site, in same period, of proposed state capital, Franklin City, and beginning of First New Hampshire Turnpike - vital route for instate traffic." The marker is located on the south side of US 4, east of its junction with NH 108 and near its junction witb Back River Road. For more on General Sullivan check the second link below.
http://www.state.nh.us/nhdhr/
http://www.seacoastnh.com/framers/sullivan.html


May 06
LAST TWIG ON HALEY TREE
I have been reading about the Haley family and believe that I am related to the Andrew Haleys. I am getting confused with the stories about Thomas Haley, Samuel Haley and the Andrew Haleys. These people seem to have some of the same stories related to them. I first read about Andrew Haley who supposedly settled on Smutty Nose in 1635. I then started reading about Thomas Haley and Samuel Haley who were also on Smutty Nose Island but I can't find a relationship. Were those Haleys related? I have traced my relatives from the first Andrew Haley-Deborah Wilson,Andrew Haley-Elizabeth Scammon, Andrew Haley-Mary Bryar to Joseph Haley. My relatives eventually wound up in the Webster(Sabattus), Lisbon, Bowdoin and Brunswick area. Oter than my father and his half sister, all the Haleys were deceased when I was born. Are there any books that could clear up these relationships for me?

I am the last of my particular Haley line and am trying to create document that will show my daughters and grandchildren what the Haley line looked like. I would also like take my grandchildren to Smutty Nose and take thier pictures near some gravesites if there are any on the island. I just can't find out if all those Haleys were related. I know the first Andrew was called the King Of Shoals so I asume they may be buried on one of the islands. Any help you could give me in this area would be greatly appreciated.

I have been told that there are records in the York County registry, in Alfred ,but I don't know if they are the same Haleys that I am looking for. I visited the Andrascoggin County registry and found some records of my Haley relatives from the 1800's and I have found some burial sites in Sabattus but I would like information about the Andrews, Thomas and Samuel if they are related. Thanks.
RoseMarie Haley
mimida@massed.net

SHOALER BOB TUTTLE REPLIES: SeacoastNH forwarded your inquiry about the Haleys to see if I had any information that might be of help to you. I agree with you; the Haleys are a confusing family. This is what I've been able to dig up: As nearly as I can tell, Andrew and Thomas Haley were not closely associated - perhaps they were related, but I have no information prior to the two of them. In any event they seem to have taken different paths.

I've attached information that I got from the Genealogical Dictionary of Maine and New Hampshire by Noyes, Libby, and Davis. That book is also available on CD #169 from Parsons/Broderbund for use with their program, Family Tree Maker. This reference work covers the period from the early records of the 1600s to 1700. I've underlined and emboldened the names in the section on Andrew Haley and his son, Andrew, that you mentioned in your message to Dennis.

The line that descends from Thomas Haley included Samuel Haley. The "original" Thomas Haley married Mary West in 1649. One of their children, Thomas (also referred to as Sergeant or Jr.), married Sarah Mayer (unknown date). One of their children was Thomas III, who married Sarah Gordon in 1721 and one of their sons was Samuel (1727-1811). He, Samuel, was the one called "King Haley". He had lived on Smuttynose and married Mary Orne in 1753. They left the island in 1776 when the Shoalers were ordered to evacuate the islands. He returned after the Revolution and it was there on Smuttynose that he and, particularly, his son, Samuel, (often referred to as "Captain Samuel Haley") built up his "kingdom".

I'd be happy to try to arrange a trip for you and your grandchildren to Smuttynose if we can find a mutually agreeable time. The small Haley graveyard is there on the island. Samuel and Mary Haley are buried there as well as Captain Samuel Haley and his wife, Mary Ham.
http://www.seacoastnh.com/shoals/index.html



May 04
A WELL LIT CONTEST WINNER
Dear Tim, I wanted to thank you very much for the Pyramid Lamp. I received it yesterday and it is gorgeous! What a nice surprise! Thank you so much for having such a wonderful site and contest. We just love the lamp! Once again, thank you so much.
Christine F
Grdnldy710@aol.com
http://www.seacoastnh.com/contests/index.html




May 04
A WELL DRESSED CONTEST WINNER
I was very happy to recieve a NH Seacoast Tshirt today, as a winner in your monthly online contest. Thank you so much. I will be sending this to my daughter who moved to Arizona, and misses NH very much.
Patricia B
Taffy6@email.msn.com
http://www.seacoastnh.com/contests/index.html



May 02
ONE FOR THE FLAG POLICE
I pass this particular flag almost daily in Hampton. Granted it is a personal property and God knows there are other public places where the flag is disrespected... The owner is a Republican State Legislator! My kids note it each time we pass after reading your articles in the NH Gazette and wonder about it.. help??
A patriotic neighbor

EDITOR'S REPLY: Your note seems to be for the NH Gazette, billed as "America's Oldest Newspaper." The fortngithly newspaper is published by a Viet Name veteran whose readers have become watchdogs for tattered Seacoast area flags. It is our understanding that Flag Police t-shirts will be available starting this week. For more information call about shirts and subscriptions call (603) 433-9898 or click on the first link below:
http://www.nhgazette.com/
http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please090198.html


May 02
ASSASSIN BOOTH FIGURES IN MODERN NOVEL
Your site is excellent! I've written a political thriller that has its solution in the missing 18 pages of John Wilke's Booth's diary. I'd be curious what you think
Mike Nugent
mn.nugent@worldnet.att.net

EDITOR'S REPLY: Good to find another writer with a Booth obsession. We found your book on Amazon.com -- The Committee, by PM Nugent. For our readers who want to pick up a copy, we've attached a summary. The links below that go to our most read Booth & Lincoln pages.

THE COMMITTEE: The brutal execution of a witness testifying before a Senate committee looking into the assassination of Martin Luther King leads chief investigator John McAdams on a treacherous search down the dark corridors of America's past. The missing 18 pages from the diary of John Wilkes Booth provide shocking clues as McAdams uncovers a murderous 200-year old conspiracy.
http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please042098.html
http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please081699.html
http://www.seacoastnh.com/lincoln/death1.html



May 01
MISSES THE SEACOAST IN MAY, ETC.
Just wanted to say thanks. I lived in the state of Maine up until June of last year, the last 15 being in the seacoast area. I am now stationed on the west coast in SD CA. I have been very home sick and missing my spring fever I get each spring. I love the 4 seasons in Maine and NH. I am so happy to see the many pictures of the seacoast you have posted on your site So thanks again for the touch of spring, winter and fall.
Marilyn C in San Diego, CA
marilynphil@webtv.net


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