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June 30 MORE KETCHUP IN JULY? EDITOR'S NOTE: We've been plowing through the letters that arrived while on vacation and will drop a bundel of responses in the July READ OUR MAIL. If you don't see a responses early the first week of July, feel free to RESEND your query. We're finally up and running on Media One (hooked up today) with a new computer and can hopefully response even faster than our current lightning rate. Remember, this is an all-volunteer effort here. No staff, no grants, just whatever spare time we can grab. And thanks for all your great notes. info@seacoastnh.com June 29 MORE ON PISCATAQUA FORTS Here is a new personal homepage by Pete Payette on the harbor forts of the Piscataqua River, especially on Fort Constitution. Good photos and historical info. These seem to have been forgotten as area attractions! jtinder@firstva.com http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Barracks/6402/Fort_Constitution/index.html June 29 SUMMER AT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE I am a native of central Pennsylvania. I have just graduated for Penn State University and will be in Exeter, New Hampshire for the summer for an internship. I have been scanning your web site and have found many interesting things to do. What are your favorite summer activities and what places should I definitely go and visit? Thanks so much and I look forward to coming to New England! Meredith Topalanchik mtopalanchik@yahoo.com EDITOR'S REPLY: We've heard tell that there are places in New England outside SeacoastNH, but have no expertise there. Here, you must go on the daytrip to the Shoals, see a play at Prescott Park, parasail out of Hampton Beach, go to the Stratham Fair and the Exeter Revolutionary War Days, ride a bike along the coast, walk around Sandy Point and Odiorne, kayak up the Lamprey from Newmarket to Great Bay… need we go on? Click below: http://www.seacoastnh.com/touring/index.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/events/index.html June 29 SEEKING WHISTLE AT EATON FALLS I visited your website and am so grateful for the information and photos you have posted on the film "Whistle at Eaton Falls." I have heard about this movie since childhood as my father was an extra in this film. Trying to find this film has become an important search for me as my father is now deceased and my mom is in poor health and I was trying to find so that we might see it together while we still can.
Your information on the film sadly states that it is unavailable except for
a few copies in private collections or archives. Is there anyway possible
to get access to just one of these copies for a viewing of the film? Any
advice or information you could provide would be greatly appreciated. If I
have reached a "dead end" in my search, that would be good to know as well.
June 28 SEEKING GEORGE WASHINGTON STORER I am presently researching the life of one of Portsmouth's lesser known naval officers-- Admiral George Washington Storer. Does anyone in your group know of this personage? And if so, where can I find birthplace information, Storer family facts, biographical details etc.? So that you know my intentions I am preparing a biography of this man and would like as many local sources that I can be referred to. Dan Wright danwrite@netins.net EDITOR'S REPLY: We thought GWS was one of the region's better known naval officers. He was famous as a baby when he sat on George Washington's knee in 1789 when his namesake was making a presidential tour of New England. Check with the standard sources (Athenaeum, Library, etc.) and then visit the Wentworth-Gardner mansion on a day when 95 year old historian Dorothy Vaughan is there. She can tell you a few stories. Also historian Barbara Myers who gives tours of the Tobias Lear house (where George met George) can help. We have an article coming up soon about the rebuilding of John Paul Jones Ranger which comes from documents once owned by GWS. Storer's name comes up frequently in local naval accounts and a trip to Portsmouth is in order for researching your book. Keep us posted so we can run info on your book. http://www.seacoastnh.com/brewster/54.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/tobiaslear/ June 28 SMUTTYNOSE AGAIN How to I get access to Smuttynose Island? I heard you can spend a night camping there. aimee agerbi@geology.ucdavis.edu EDITOR'S REPLY: Sorry, you heard wrong. We were there a couple of days ago and talked to the managers of the island who note that camping and fires are strictly prohibited on this private island at all times of the year. Three is a little harbor that visitors may enter, but overnights must be on your boat at the Isles of Shoals or on the hotel at a Star Conference week. The island is privately owned and managed by a volunteer organization. Only that group spends nights on the island and maintains it. http://www.seacoastnh.com/tji/smuttypix1.html June 28 CAN YOU WALK TO THE FERRY? Can you tell me the location of the Railway Station in Portsmouth and how close it is to the Ferry Terminal please? Pamela in Iceland miles@isholf.is EDITOR'S REPLY: You could walk from the train to the ferry, but not since World War 2. Portsmouth, NH has no current train service and it seems Dover will get the new rail station when it is revived. The station used to be near the Mill Pond which is just about two blocks from the Ferry, which by the way, only goes to the Isles of Shoals. Inefficient public transport, much? Sadly true, but improvements are on the horizon. We're guessing, you are looking for Portsmouth, England which has both. http://www.seacoastnh.com/poems/wrecks.html June 26 EDITOR RETURNS TO THE MAINLAND Readers may not have noticed, but we slipped away to the Isles of Shoals for a full week. No way to check email there. No TV. No radio. Just waves and gulls. We've gathered a ton of great new Shoals history, but first -- the email backlog. It may take a few days to weedwhack our way through about 100 questions and a ton of SPAM. If you haven't seen the answer to your query here or in your email, please be patient. We're moving slowly, now, at Shoals speed. Feel free to send questions again if you don't see an answer soon. Check What's New? for our latest pieces. YOur next newsletter wll arrive soon after the July 4th holiday. Your Humble Editor info@seacoastnh.com June 26 THINKS WE'RE #1 I am visiting New Hampshire beginning tonight until Friday, and of all of the web sites I've browsed to get information, SeaCoastNH is definitely the most useful site! Thank you for the great information! John Swords jswords@emsginc.com June 25 GETTIN' INTO YEATON I have traced my ancestry to Capt. William Yeaton, born in 1789, who I believe to may been the son of Phillip Yeaton of the Isle of Shoals. Then there is the question as to whether there is a direct relationship to Capt. Hopely Yeaton, the first commissioned officer of the U.S. Coast Guard under George Washington. I am wondering who I could contact for records, and information on the Isle of Shoals. Donald Yeaton dyeaton@gte.net BOB TUTTLE OF ISHRA RESPONDS: As nearly as I can make it out, John Drew married Elizabeth Hopley in 1705. It seems they had two children, John (born in 1707 and killed by lightning in 1745) and Elizabeth (born in 1709). She married William Twombley sometime before 1731. She later married "a Yeaton". Presumably she was the mother of Hopley Yeaton, Philip Drew Yeaton, and John Drew Yeaton. Just who this "Yeaton" was is not clear. He may have been a son or grandson of Richard Yeaton of the Shoals and Newcastle. http://www.seacoastnh.com/shoals June 24 WANTS MISSING BREWSTER CHAPTER Today I found your web site's entries of Brewster's Rambles Vol II. I was delighted to see it as I have been unable to see or locate an actual copy of this old book. The entry I seek is not yet included on your Web site. I am looking for the entry by Mary Sherburne Sloper (my 8th great- grandmother) re: the birth of her granddaughter, Elize Chevalier (Elizabeth Knight). Mary was the d/o Henry Sherburne and w/o Lt. Richard Sloper. Can you assist me ??? Janvrin Newsome of Dallas, Texas jnewsom7@airmail.net EDITOR'S REPLY: Here's how it works. Thanks to our friend Jeannie-ology at the Brewster Family Network, we are receiving frequent additions to the 149-chapter 2-volume 19th century rambling history of Portsmouth. We add them as we can, when time allows, but after three years, we've only got a couple dozen online. (Two more have just arrived.) We list the FULL INDEX for those who want to see coming chapters. If you cannot find a copy on Bibliofind.com (about $100 for the set), we can supply a chapter by mail for $10 -- our cost to copy and mail. Let us know your address and the chapter number by snail mail with your check to the address at the bottom of every page in our site. Eventually, we hope to add Adams Annals from 1823, then branch out to other Seacoast town histories. Our full hypertext of "An Old Town by the Sea" is already online. http://www.seacoastnh.com/brewster/index.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/aldrich/index.html June 23 BETTY HILL DOES JAPAN I am a New York-based writer and editor for the Japanese version of Esquire magazine. We are working on the coming issue featuring UFO and aliens and I would like to use a photo of Ms. Betty Hill as a visual. Could you tell me where should I contact to borrow or purchase one, possibly, in New York City area? Yuriko Yamaki EDITOR'S REPLY: We suggest contacting Betty directly. It is her 80th birthday this month and lives in Portsmouth. She owns partial rights to the images in the John Fuller book and should certainly be the one to benefit from her own story. She also has a new book out through Peter Randall Publishing on UFOs. http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please020299.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/ufo/bettyhill1.html June 22 PUNCHING THE CELIA TIME-CLOCK I accept the challenge and will be tallying up Celia time on the Isles and on the mainland. (See "Land-locked with Celia Thaxter"). Currently---from only a small collection of 41 letters, 18 were written at the Shoals and 23 from mainland. This of course does not have any bearing on the actual number of days spent in either place...but interesting to watch the calendar fill up as I go thru the sources available. We shall see??? Linda willlyn@itexas.net http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please060699.html June 21 JOHN PAUL JONESIKOFF? A friend and I were talking "history" and JPJ's name came up and the friend told me that in Russia, his name was "Ivan Pavel" or something to that effect and I can't find a thing on that. Is it true? I'm loving what history I AM finding but, would like to know more. I'm no "buff", just curious. J H Harlan jhhar@swbell.net EDITOR'S REPLY: We couldn't find any evidence of the name you suggest in our JPJ bios, so we ordered a new book: FA Golder's "John Paul Jones In Russia" from Doubleday, Page & Company. Apparently only 1001 copies were printed in 1927 and we had to pay a pretty penny for this collector's edition. Check back in a month and we should have the answer. http://www.seacoastnh.com/jpj June 18 BOUNTY ALERT I understand that the HMS Bounty is to visit Portsmouth this Summer. Any idea when this might be? Warren Bennet warren@tdstelme.net EDITOR'S REPLY: The tall ship replica used in the film "Mutiny on the Bounty" will arrive about 2 pm on July 13 in Portsmouth Harbor to great fanfare. Tours will be offered all that week from 10:30 am to 7:30pm. (Adults $10, kids under $12 free, children $5). It departs on July 23. Look for the special SeacoastNH.com Bounty schedule with complete details coming up in our Events Calendar section next week -- with a bonus Bounty Hotlinks section. http://www.seacoastnh.com/events June 17 WEDDING BELLS 2000 Like others who've written in, I am looking for a wedding ceremony and reception site in the Seacoast region for a Summer of 2000 wedding. Please email me any recommendations you have for a site that can accommodate 150+/-, outdoors, by water - ocean or river. Molly S EDITOR'S REPLY: We're working on an online wedding guide for the region since other a couple of web sites dedicated to that topic seem to have disappeared. A list of locations is a great idea. The Langdon House and Wentworth Coolidge are especially nice if you book ahead. The Portsmouth Chamber has a list of "events" sites, but not specifically focused on weddings. A good place to start is the Seacoast Bride magazine put out by Big Brown Books at 603-436-5239. June 15 300 YEAR OLD CURSE STILL CURDLES COFFEE? I thought you might be interested in this story involving NH's only convicted "witch" Goody Cole. My aunt and uncle, Frances and Andy Wylie, travelled through NH about 5 years ago. They stopped for a meal at a bed and breakfast. They ordered coffee and a meal with some manner of cream sauce over it. When their coffee arrived, they both added cream to their coffee from the same pitcher, but Frances' curdled in her cup. Then their meal arrived. Andy's was fine, but the cream sauce on hers had also curdled. They told the waitress, who brought her something else, and remarked that usually it only happened to men. They didn't understand the significance of this until they went outside and read the plaque or sign outside in which it detailed the life of Goody Cole, including her imprisonment by the men of the Moulton and the Watts family. This story might be inexplicable except for the fact that Frances' mother, LeNoir Burnett, was a Moulton before marriage, and her mother, Nanny Moulton, was a Watt. Needless to say, they chose not to spend the night there. bastet@fundy.net http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please102498.html June 15 HISTORIC EXETER SNUBBED? How far inland do you consider 'seacoast?' It appears, based on coverage, that the answer is Dover and Portsmouth, two of the original grants. Exeter, on the other hand, gets no coverage, but reeks of history. Besides, it has a salt river flowing to it, which should get at least honorable mention for being seacoast, don't ya think? Bill M billmurf@nh.ultranet.com EDITOR'S REPLY: We cover 25 towns within the Piscataqua River region and Exeter is certainly among the most historic -- birth of the Republican Party, Phillips Exeter, Cincinnatus Society, Gilman Garrison, Rev. Wheelwright, Exeter Combination, Folsom Tavern, Ioka Theater. Here's the problem. Our work is all volunteer and there is just not time to do all the retailed research required to produce three or four articles weekly without assistance. In each town we write about, we've slowly developed a network of local authorities who have helped us obtain materials, provided guidance, supported out efforts. So far, despite our considerable efforts, that network has yet to develop in Exeter. We' re ready, willing and able to greatly expand our coverage there. In fact, our Exeter area town web sites are moving off the back burner soon. Having taught school there five years, we love that little village. We have done a few bits: http://www.seacoastnh.com/framers/gilman.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/framers/folsom.html June 14 DRAWN FROM SILICON VALLEY TO THE E-COAST There are many of us in the scenic Silicon Valley who look forward to your SeacoastNH.com newsletter and watch the web site. Several of my friends have actually made the trek across country BECAUSE of SeacoastNH.com .. so don't think your great work is unappreciated nor unnoticed! And I PLAN on coming .. eventually .. really. Like Sept 2000 .. for sure. Nancy Levitt, Belmont, CA levittn@ix.netcom.com EDITOR'S REPLY: We're honored and a little frightened by the concept of people actually getting into airplanes with the sole purpose of visiting our little center of the Universe. We've been tirelessly fighting for this entire little region as a destination point for visitors. Actually, we are a little tired of fighting provincial attitudes that say one beach or one town is better than another. We think the WHOLE region, including South Coast Maine is compact yet diverse spot like no other. The combo of history, ocean, rivers and culture are worth the trip -- as long as you know your way around and CARE for the region. That's where we come in -- telling stories that make the place matter. Glad to know some of our thousands of regular readers are actually taking the plunge. June 12 LIVING AT WHITE ISLAND LIGHT Thanks for posting all of these photos and history concerning the Isles of Shoals! I was a CG keeper at the Shoals in 1972-73 and I have many memories that I treasure. Your photos and writings help to sharpen those recollections and I do enjoy recalling the people and beauty of the Shoals as I knew it. I did note that in your history you say that the CG assigned 3 keepers to White Island. At the time I was there the light was actually a 4 man station with a BM1 in charge. Two were generally on the light while two were ashore and we rotated duty according to a schedule sometimes dictated by the weather. Anyway, keep up the good work. Nate Sanborn, former BM3, USCG 1970-74 NATE164@aol.com http://www.seacoastnh.com/postcards/star/ph3.html June 12 COCHECO NOT POLLUTED How much pollution is in the Cocheco river in NH? Tricia Lee p.lee@portsmouth.k12.nh.us DOVER LIBRARIAN DENISE LAFRANCE REPLIES: The Cocheco River Watershed project had the best information on the state of the Cocheco River at present. The following is taken from their webpage, hope it helps. River Length: 42 miles; Watershed Area: 185 square miles; Towns in the Watershed: 10; Water Quality Classification: Class B (Fishable /Swimmable) with Class A tributaries. June 11 PORTSMOUTH'S FIRST VILLAGE -- LOST AND FOUND Looking for a town called Strawberry Bank but cannot find it on the map, where is it? venlene@bit-net.com EDITOR'S REPLY: Sorry, the early 1600s town of Strawbery Banke has been missing for the last 300 years or so. Luckily, there is a museum in its place that you can visit any time, for a fee. You can read about the Banke, named by the earliest colonists for the berries growing there, and get to their web site by clicking below. One article "Old Strawbery Banke" is taken from a book by Thomas Bailey Aldrich from 1895. The other we wrote and Brewster wrote the third. http://www.strawberybanke.org/ http://www.seacoastnh.com/aldrich/oldtown5.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/history/colonial/index.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/brewster/2.html#great June 10 HONEST, WE DON'T WRITE THESE OURSELVES I'm looking for a schedule of events at the Hampton Beach Club Casino. Does such a thing exist on-line? Do they have their own website? John M jmosey@biddeford.com EDITOR'S REPLY: We are so in tune with the pulse of our readers that this very morning we released our Events Calendar Hotlinks page. Click below, scroll down to "C", click, and be sure to tell the Casino you found them on SeacoastNH.com. (Say it right, everyone! -- Seacoast-EN-AICH-DOT-COM) http://www.seacoastnh.com/events June 09 DOES EVERYONE HAVE HIS/HER NEWSLETTER? How can I get a subscription of the newsletter for a friend? I used to live in Portsmouth and I miss it a lot, especially this time of year with Prescott park gearing up and Market Square Day coming soon. Janet W janet318@bellsouth.net EDITOR'S REPLY: Easy to get more newsletters by clicking from top of What's New or any Talk With Us link. For all your information, we NEED you newsletter subscriptions to convince advertisers of our growing market. We now have half as many subscribers as NH Public Radio and the local newspaper. Of course, they pay, and our readers get the info for free, so we need advertisers. The more often you hit the site and visit our advertisers, the more often you mention our name, write letters and tell friends -- the more change we have of being around in the future. http://www.seacoastnh.com/talk.html#news June 09 MASS RETALIATES OVER FORT CAPTURE Just read J. Dennis's article on Fort William & Mary in reference to this months newsletter. Being from Cambridge MASSACHUSETTS and all I have to knit pick. Someone tell J. Dennis that the Brits did take Bunker (Breeds) Hill despite the much needed/appreciated assistance from NH minutemen. Mike M of MA morrisseys@mediaone.net EDITOR'S REPLY: We told him, but he didn't take it well. He's been in denial since NH got its own governor in 1741. He says the ring of NH liquor stores along the Mass border are part of a calculated long-term reprisal to re-absorb Mass funds into NH coffers. http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please052299.html June 09 MARRYING MANSONS I have ancestors, Richard and Esther Manson, from Exeter, Devon, England, who came to and settled in Portsmouth, NH in the mid 1600's. Where is the best place to find information concerning these people? Thomas Patrick Manson t.manson@clrm.com EDITOR'S REPLY: We found your ancestor listed in Chapter Nine of Brewster's Rambles which lists all the inhabitants of Portsmouth in 1678. We are just about to put that one online, so stay tuned, but it is only a mention. We'd suggest you search the web which is rich with genealogical info including the new amazing Mormon site or Genealogy Online site or others like it. Then when you have the info you want honed down, contact the Portsmouth Public Library, Portsmouth Athenaeum and Strawbery Banke which all have collections accessible to the public. To get help, you may want to join the Rockingham County Genealogical Society. You definitely want to get hold of the newly released history of the Piscataqua Pioneers which traces all the key colonists from this region from Peter Randall publishing. For more on the Pioneers see Read Our Mail Archives from May 1 -- the last letter on the list. http://www.familysearch.org/ http://www.genealogy.org/ http://wwwsc.library.unh.edu/specoll/piscapio.htm June 08 MARKET SQUARE FROM OUTTA TOWN Could you tell me if there is going to be a shuttle bus from Stroudwater Books to downtown Portsmouth for the Market Square Day Festival? I came up two years ago for it and luckily there was, or I'd never have gotten near Portsmouth! Also, is Strawberry Banke still admitting guests for one dollar on that day? I live in southeastern Mass. and I'd hate to make the trip up without knowing I'll get into Portsmouth at all! Was so disappointed about last year's severe rain storm. Hope it all comes together nicely this year. Thanks for your help. LittleMe3@webtv.net EDITOR'S REPLY: Yes and yes. The ProPortsmoutn site is unfortunately out of date and being revised for First Night 2000. We called and discovered that the Stroudwater site on Lafayette Road is active this year. You can also part at Marshall's Mall on Woodbury Ave for the COAST park-n-ride shuttle bus. The cost is 25 cents (exact change) and you'll be picked up and dropped off at upper Middle street by the Portsmouth Public Library. Shuttle runs every 20 minutes from 9:30am to 5:30pm. For more info call 603-431-5388. We called Strawbery Banke and confirmed that it is indeed a Dollar Day! We didn't even know and it's not listed on their web site that we could see. But you heard it here! The Banke number is 603-433-1106. See you there on Saturday! http://www.seacoastnh.com/101nh/fest.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/101nh/sites.html June 04 NH BLACK HISTORY IN SOUTH CAROLINA Your site not only is useful for any American history studies, but is valuable for African-American studies which is becoming a very important part of the high school curriculum. Your site is well prepared; the intuitive approach makes the site easy to use; and the pages have a simple, but respectful appearance. This will be a good faculty in-service Web page to work with next fall to give Internet utilization ideas for classroom use or independent study use; suggested additional student viewing; or a resource for future reference. Boris Bauer, Berea High School -- Greenville, SC. rhodies@bellsouth.net http://www.greenville.k12.sc.us/bereah June 04 ORIGINAL IRONSIDES? SORRY… I have a painting/picture that is very old and heavy. I think it was the original one of the ship. On this painting info is 1797-19?? - US Frigate "Old Ironsides" and it has holes on the back of it so that it didn't fall off of a wall on a boat I believe. Can you help me in finding out more info about this. I would really appreciate it. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation. Camplinda@aol.com EDITOR'S REPLY: The date says it all. You probably have a print made when funds were being raised to rebuild the ship at the turn of the century -- or perhaps from the era of the 1931-32 reconstruction tour of America. Your local antiquarian book or print dealer can give you a reading. Framed pictures hanging on 18th century ships -- not likely, but you may have a family treasure from a relative show boarded the ship and wanted a keepsake. Call a few older family members and see if you can track the story down. Our Ironsides story is below: http://www.seacoastnh.com/ussconstitution/ June 04 WENTWORTH TOUR PASSES AVAILABLE SOON? I was looking for information on the current status of the Hotel Wentworth. Nothing n the web site indicates if the Hotel is open for trade today or for tours. Is it? Charlene jcd_enter@msn.com EDITOR'S REPLY: Open for tours, that's a good one! We're coming down to the wire on the new owner's decision, but it's a long way from tours. Check our four recent pieces in an ongoing campaign to get the old hotel back together -- online at least. Also, use our zippy new Search Engine to read recent letters. http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please042499.html June 03 NH FIRST TO LEGALIZE, NOT END SLAVERY Pennsylvania passed a slavery emancipation law in 1780, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that New Hampshire and not Pa., was the first state to pass such a law. Please let me know ron avery averyr@phillynews.com VALERIE CUNNINGHMAM RESPONDS: In 1780, Pennsylvania became the first state to take legal action toward ending slavery through its gradual emancipation statute. Under the act, no slaves gained their freedom. All children born after passage of the law were free, although they were subject to indenture until age 28. The act was a model for statutes adopted by Connecticut and Rhode Island in 1784, New York in 1799, and New Jersey in 1804, each with variations on the number of years the children of enslaved mothers had to serve. Regarding New Hampshire, there are differing interpretations of the intent of the new state constitution following the Revolutionary War. Some hold that the state's ending taxation on enslaved persons as property signaled the end of slavery in the state. I can only report that slave trading continued while at least another generation of enslaved persons negotiated with their owners to be freed. In fact, US census records continued to show slaves in NH until 1840 and it was not until 1857 that slavery was explicitly prohibited and full rights of citizenship granted to blacks in the state. However, the Massachusetts constitution of 1780 declared all people in that state were born "free and equal" and, with the judgment in Commonwealth v. Jennison in 1783, slavery ended. I have to note, while on this subject, that Massachusetts was the first colony (which included New Hampshire) to legalize slavery, in 1641. http://www.seacoastnh.com/blackhistory/ June 02 HYPNOTIC HOTEL I am mesmerized by the hotel at Wentworth by the Sea. I visit the old hotel every time I am in the area. How can I get more information about what will happen to the hotel? I'd also like to locate an old photo or two to frame in my home. Any suggestions? Michele G MGlorie@Kronos.com EDITOR'S REPLY: Last month we couldn't find a picture of the hotel when we searched the Internet. This month there are nearly three dozen on our site with more to come. It is mesmerizing. We understand that Ocean Properties will soon make its decision whether or not to restore and operate the historic hotel. Friends of the Wentworth has disbanded, but you can reach Etoille the former president by writing to the Friends at PO Box 412, New Castle, NH, 03854 . The collection of old images is in the archives at the Portsmouth Athenaeum. http://www.seacoastnh.com/wentbysea/harvey.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/wentbysea/smith.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/wentbysea/1920.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please042499.html June 02 DOVER BELLAMY FORT? Was there ever a fort/mill along the Bellamy River on Bellamy Road in Dover NH? Ken or Janet KENANJANET@aol.com DOVER LIBRARIAN CARRIE TREMBLAY RESPONDS: Can't find any indication of a fort on the Bellamy River but there have been many mills along the River for quite a while. As early as 1650, sawmills and grist mills existed on the Bellamy. The types of factories included an iron foundry, flannel, cotton and woolen mills, cloth dressing and carding mills, yarn manufacturing, nail and knife factories, a machinery shop, a brewery, a hosiery factory, a sewing machine manufacturer, bone grinding mill, shuttle and axe handle factory, color shops and bleacheries, railroad box car factory, sash, blind and door manufacturers, clapboard mills, a shingle, cob and lathe maker, and a cider mill. Several of the old mill sites foundations can still be found near the various falls of the Bellamy. http://www.seacoastnh.com/history/colonial/massacre.html June 02 PERRAULT THE CLASSICAL POET? I am a classical music composer. I recently found a selections of poems called the "Metaphysical Paintings" by a John Perrault. I am trying to track this particular poet down to try and receive permission to set the poems for Mezzo Soprano and Piano. I was lead to your web site because of the John Perrault you represent. Is it the same poet? Teresa Connors of Vancouver teacupsip@yahoo.com Sorry. Our John Perrault is a poet, and a lawyer and a folksinger, but we think the Perrault you seek is in New York City somewhere. Reached at his home eating dinner, John says he did not write that particular poem. Meanwhile Portsmouth's Perrault has just released a new CD called "Rough Cuts" which we'll bet you can get at Rock Bottom Records http://www.spwa.com/rbr/ http://www.seacoastnh.com/artists/Perrault/index.html June 02 RESTORING THAT OLD DOVER BARN We own property in Dover, NH that has an existing barn on the land. The barn is probably 100 years old and in very poor condition. We would like to have someone take a look at it, but are unsure of who to contact. Linda tif@mediaone.net EDITOR'S REPLY: We really hate to see it torn down too. Dover needs to retain all the history it has left. To its credit, Dover has just about the best online service around in DoverNet. We tried to find Building Inspector Tom Clark online for you, but had not luck. You can try. Meanwhile, the NH Division of Historic Resources via their new email address we just received. Tell them SeacoastNH.com sent you! (preservation@nhdhr.state.nh.us). Or try the Dover Chamber of Commerce which we've also linked below. They are responsive to issues of historic preservation because they know local commerce depends on quality of life. http://www.ci.dover.nh.us/ http://www.dovernh.org/ June 02 UNLOCKING THE DOVER COMBINATION Could you please tell me what the Dover Combination of 1640 was all about. I am a descendant of Anthony Emery and have seen he was a signer of the Combination. Vicjy B bartlett2@webtv.net DOVER LIBRARIAN CARRIE TREMBLAY REPLIES: The men of Dover drew up the Combination of 1640, in imitation of Exeter's "Combination for Good Government". They agreed to " combine ourselves into a Body Politique that wee may the more comfortably enjoy the benefits of his Majesties Lawes And do hereby actually ingage our Selves to submit to his Royal Majesties Lawes together with all such Orders as shallbe concluded by a Major part of the Freemen of our Society..." The full text and names of the signers are available in the New England Historical & Genealogical Register vol. 33 p. 91. For more on the Exeter Combination, check Read Our Mail Archives from Feb 24 (click below and scroll) http://www.seacoastnh.com/mail/mail0299.html June 01 HELP: READER NEEDS DOG FRIENDLY RENTAL & WALK SPACE Can anyone recommend state parks and/or beaches where dogs are allowed off-leash in the Seacoast area? We are spoiled... we live about 2.5 miles from a large state park where dogs are always allowed off-leash year-round... and we would like to know if such a thing happens anywhere else? Also, any private Seacoast or lakefront rental suggestions that would also be dog-friendly would be especially appreciated! Wendy wcnma@att.net EDITOR'S REPLY: Having just walked the neighbor's dogs illegally at a secret seacoast point, we can't offer a clue. We don't currently own a canine and none of our friends who reveal their shrinking walkies turf. With any luck, a kindly reader will help fill you in. See evidence of the crime in attached satellite photo. http://www.oms.net/dennis/dogs/walkies.jpg June 01 ISLAND HOPPER Can you tell me how long the trip is from Star Island to Appledore Island? I forgot to ask when I made reservations with the Lab at Cornell. Dennis O olden@110.net EDITOR'S REPLY: The ferry to Star is about an hour. The trip to Appledore is just a quick hop, maybe 15 minutes by the research vessel Kingsbury. To reach the ferry company call (800) 441-4620. The Cornell web site has been experiencing a lot of technical troubles lately, and we've not been able to get through. To see our trip, click below: http://www.seacoastnh.com/shoals/appletour1.html June 01 YOU GUYS DON'T GOT ENOUGH GHOSTS! A webzine is a magazine but on the web ( hence WEBzine). we are making one about the Isles of Shoals from a biology trip we took. We will be mentioning you in our credits and thanks if you would be ever so kind as to send us information of any kind about the ghosts that haunt the isles. We have looked in all areas of your web page ( a very nice one i might add) but have not found enough information on the ghosts and what we did find was very little. sarah EDITOR'S REPLY: Admittedly, our giant Isles web section is lacking in the ghost department. We have this bad habit of wanting to report facts rather than fiction, but the Shoals psychic power may eventually break our will. In the meantime, try this article "Ghosts of Appledore" by Vitginia Marin on her folklore web site. It's not ours, but we have faith, like Lady Ghost, left on Smuttynose by her husband Bluebeard, that -- you will come back to us again. http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/folklore/9298 http://www.seacoastnh.com/shoals/ June 01 INVISIBLE MAN SEEKS SHELTER Would you please email me any info you have available concerning the Sheraton Portsmouth Hotel. Peter Grayton EDITOR'S REPLY: We aren't the chamber, but sometimes we just go ahead and act like one. We emailed Mr Grayton the Sheraton Portsmouth link from our site (see below) but the email just kept bouncing back. http://www.sheraton.com/cgi/t3.cgi/property.taf?prop=636&lc=en June 01 THOSE DIRTY LITTLE BEACHES I love the beaches but they are a little too dirty. i think people should clean up the trash instead of just throwing it on the ground. we are making this world an awful place for our children. I feel very strongly about this. so please be a little more considerate of the children, your fellow seacoast lovers, and the earth. Julia joules316@aol.com http://www.seacoastnh.com/101nh/beaches.html |
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