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August 27 CAPTAIN LOCKE AND THE INDIANS History tells us that this Captain Locke was killed by Indians while working in his field in the late 1600's. Is it known what Indian tribe lived in this area at this time? Was it the Penacook tribe? Thanks Cecil Reed of Dexter, ME EDITOR’S REPLY: The Parson's History of Rye (1905) does not mention what tribes were involved in the various massacres. As we recall the tribes may not have been local to the Seacoast, but been traveling through the area. We suggest the NH Historical Society for a better overview of Native American tribes in NH, but pinning down a small group of individuals in a colonial battle may be difficult, if not impossible without eyewitness accounts, and even eyewitnesses often were unable to determine the origin of specific tribes. They were possibly Abenaki speaking tribes, but we’ve not seen any documentation on that. http://seacoastnh.com/history/colonial/index.html August 26 NATIONAL ICON GOES NUTS IN SEACOASTNH The photograph of the bald eagle at Hampton Beach made the wire nationwide. A large color version was in our local paper. What was the story behind that unfortunate attack? I read that it was bothering people all week at the beach. Kind of unusual for that kind of bird.I hope that little girl was ok. Pete Payette EDITOR’S REPLY: As always, SeacoastNH is right in the middle of some weird national news story. One week it’s two towns seceding from the state of NH, the next it’s a Supreme Court lawsuit over who owns the Naval Shipyard. Now the media is flocking to report on an eagle, symbol of the nation, attacking tourists at Hampton Beach. The story has been covered in great depth by our two great local newspapers and on our web site. We suggest checking out daily news page – er, daily. If you miss an event, both newspaper have excellent online search engines that will take you directly to back online issues. These are great resources that deserve more use. Click in the logo at the top of the Herald and Fosters daily reports to get to the main newspaper sites and look for their search or news archives search page. We tend to see the story metaphorically as a symbol of America gone mad. http://www.seacoastnh.com/news August 24 PORTSMOUTH BLACK ELDERS My name is Samuel G. New. I found your Seacoast NH Black History site while surfing through sites looking for information on black history. The Portsmouth site was of interest to me because my brother moved to the Portsmouth area forty years ago to work for the Navy at the Portsmouth Naval base. He is James New, he and his friend, Kelvin Edwards attended college together and both worked for the Navy until retirement. It was a pleasant surprise to note Kelvins' connection with your website. I have a graphic design business that specializes in large format prints. I will of course add a link to your site immediately. Samuel G. http://seacoastnh.com/blackhistory/elders.html August 23 RANGER AND DRAKE Can you please inform me of the name of the artist who did the painting "Ranger Captures Drake"? I had a lithograph of this work some time ago and I would like to get a replacement. Any information you might have on this matter would be greatly appreciated. Ray Kelly of Denver, CO EDITOR’S REPLY: We don’t know. We’ve been thinking all along that the picture on our site is by American painter Edward Moran (1829-1901). It looks like Moran. We got it off the cover of the Ranger book edited by Joe Sawtelle, but there is no art credit on the book, and the publisher does not remember the painter. There is a Moran of the Ranger called “First Recognition of the American Flag” which, we’re been told, is owned by Annapolis and prints are available. We’ve got half a dozen engravings of the Drake and the Ranger same scene in other books, but our favorite is the one by William Gilkerson, from his book “The Ships of John Paul Jones.” That image appears, in part on the web site we built for the Ranger Foundation. (RangerFoundation.org)It’s the print we’d buy, had we the money. http://seacoastnh.com/jpj/ranger.html August 22 HIDING OUT IN CALDEY I cannot see any mention of Paul Jones close link with Caldey Island off the coast of Wales. The Island has been and still is a holy island since the 6th century, there are only monks living on it today still. There is a paul jones cove on the island as it used by him as a base. Geraint Llewelyn of Cardiff, South Glamorgan, Wales, UK EDITOR'S REPLY: You stumped us on that one. Couldn't find the reference in any our many Jones biographies (including two printed in Scotland), but we'll take your word for it - legend or fact. Wonder if he refers to it in any of his letters or logs while on the Ranger? Anyway, how about sending us some pictures of the area - shots of the Island, picture of a sign for Jones Cove, a few scenic shots that we might be able to post? Some day we hope to do the official JPJ Attacks UK Pub Crawl and see the tax deductible sights there. We haven't been in Wales since about the 6th century ourselves. Actually it was 1973. http://www.seacoastnh.com/jpj August 21 POCAHONTAS TELLS OFF JOHN SMITH I would like to see Dennis R. add a line in his sketch of John Smith telling of his face-to-face meeting with Pocahontas in London; The last time they ever saw each other. She had been told he was dead after his going home with the powder injury. It took her a few hours to compose herself after seeing him and then she was FURIOUS!!! She would "for ever and ever be his countrie-man", tho now she was bound in marriage, shared a child with her husband and was a Christian. He had not even bothered to let her know he lived. Had she meant so little to him when he meant so much to her? She had defied her father and the Indian nation because of her feelings for him. When she called him "Father" he told her not to do that and she said "I WILL!!" (This info comes directly from Smith on pages 280- 281 in a book "Printed and Published by Caffell and Company, Limited" London, Paris and New York entitled: THE ADVENTVRES AND DISCOVRSES OF CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH, FOMETIME PREFIDENT OF VIRGINIA, ADMIRAL OF NEW ENGLAND, NEWLY ORDERED BY JOHN ASHTON. Jane, a Pocahontas Descendant from Fort Lauderdale, FLA EDITOR’S REPLY: We’ll certainly consider the addendum. Too bad Smith is such an unreliable source about his own life, but he’s all we have. Our emphasis on this web section, is not on the endlessly told Virginia story of Smith and Pocahontas, but on his later love for New England, and specifically Seacoast, New Hampshire even before it had that name. Thanks for the research. http://seacoastnh.com/johnsmith August 20 SHE DIED AT THE WENTWORTH Would you happen to know if there was a Christy Duran, or Evelyn Duran, who worked in an office on the hotel (Wentworth by the Sea) property, and who got dizzy and died in the hotel while at work.? Sorry I do not know the exact date. John in North Conway, NH EDITOR'S REPLY: We can't imagine how that info could be obtained. The hotel has been closed for 20 years, the owners are deceased, and what records remain are stored in Portsmouth Athenaeum - which is you best choice. It would likely not be possible for Athenaeum staff (it's a private library) to comb through the old records, but you might call to see if you can obtain access there. Your best bet would be to consult the local newspaper obituaries, but without a year and a date, that would be a time consuming task. More data is needed, we suggest, if you hope to pursue this quest. http://seacoastnh.com/wentbysea/ August 18 FINDING GRAVES NOT “RELATIVELY” EASY I have an aunt buried in a Portsmouth cemetery. How could I find out where she is? Her name is Eunice Woods and her husband who I think is buried next to her is Kenneth Woods. Thank You!! Leslie Woodman EDITOR’S REPLY: This should have been easy, but we had no luck with the Cemetery Index at the Portsmouth Public Library. Surprisingly, this info is not all available since churches have their own cemetery lists and there are a lot of local cemeteries. The index was a volunteer effort pulled together about 50 years ago. Some of the cemeteries have been updated – but many have not. There are members of the Woods family listed in Harmony Grove and Proprietor’s Cemetery, but not the names you are looking for, and without a date, we’re stuck. So you’ll have to dig a little deeper. You can find the Reference Dept at the Library via the City web site below. Also you may want to call Tim Griffin (603-430-8542) who maintains the sites on the Griffin land. The City also offers this added phome number for other local cemeteries – (603) 436-9239. And there is the large Calvary Cemetery run by the Immaculate Conception Church at this number: (603)-436-0048 X 6. http://www.cityofportsmouth.com/ http://seacoastnh.com/dead/ August 17 BUILDING “AMERICA” WITH OAK FROM NEWFIELDS Hello. You have put together a wonderful web site, filled with interesting information. I am looking for information about an ancestor, General James Hill. I am told that he and Mr. Shute were shipwrights in the company "HILL & SHUTE". I'm further told that they worked on the first 74-gun ship in the revolutionary navy. They worked in the Portsmouth area, I believe in the New Market Area. General Hill also was a farmer and "Innmaker", with a tavern
known as General Hill's Tavern, or Townsend's Tavern, located in
NewMarket. I can only guess that the 74 gun ship is the America, of
John Paul Jones fame. If you can direct me to more information about
General Hill, or his involvement with the ship America, I would be
very grateful. Thanks for your help and assistance. Captain Hill, it appears, became a general after the Revolution. He was born in 1734 and moved to the Newmarket area in 1761. James Hill participated on an expedition to Fort Ducane and Crown Point and was a Captain on Pierce Island in Portsmouth, which is very near Rising Castle where the 74-gun ship America was later built. Hill did work with a man named Shute, it appears, though we may both be using the same source. As to the location of a shipyard – you’ll have to do more digging. You should look for an old copy of John Fitts “History of Newfields” according to Sylvia Getchell (whose maiden name is Fitts, but not relation). Rememebr that Newfields was part of Newmarket from 1727-1849. It seems likely that Hill & Shute got their lumber for the “America” from “The Oaklands”, and are now in Newfields. We’re guessing that they launched the raw materials into the Squamscott River in this area, and moved it downriver to Kittery, Maine where the “America” was constructed under the direction of John Paul Jones himself in 1781-82. This was the largest warship ever built in the USA at the time until Commander Isaac Hull tried to duplicate the effort in 1813 with the 74-gun “Washington”, also built in Kittery. Keep us posted on your progress. The link to the Newmarket
Historical Society and others are posted below. The society is open
two hours a week (2-4 pm) on Thursdays, or by appointment. August 16 HOW BIG IS SMUTTYNOSE? Could you please provide with the dimensions of the Smuttynose Island. Jennifer Donio EDITOR'S REPLY: Our copy of "Ten Miles Out" is pretty old, signed by author Lyman Ruttledge in 1972, but we're guessing the island is pretty much the same size as it was back then. According to Ruttledge: "Smuttynose and Malaga islands form the northeast shore of Gosport Harbor. Smuttynose is about 2,800 feet east to west and 1,000 feet north to south covering 27.1 acres with a peak elevation of 30 feet. Malaga is about 300 X 500 feet, covering 2.5 acres with a peak elevation of 18 feet. See our series of Isles of Shoals maps for more detail http://www.seacoastnh.com/shoals/maps.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/smuttynose http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please071401.html August 15 WHAT’S IN A NAME? I'm delighted to get a subscription. I look forward to hearing from your interesting gang in the future and perhaps someday I'll wear a t shirt and live in a house somewhere on the coast of America Even though at the moment I live in a landlocked Howden in E Yorkshire, England. But it's near Goole, which is the furthest inland port, being 50 miles from the sea. And isn't it interesting that the name 'appledore' is found in England and in Holland as well as in the States. All the best, Joan Sleight EDITOR’S REPLY: Actually, we stole almost every place name in this region from England in the 1600s as settlers arrived. Check out the names of the towns in the Seacoast area (just a sampler) – Portsmouth, York, Berwick, Hampton, Newcastle, Durham, Dover, Rochester, Somersworth, Exeter, Kensington, etc. And that’s not to mention street names, which is another article altogether. http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please081001.html August 15 NAME THAT ARTIFACT We have a double compound indian (?) vessel that has a beaver on the lid also some carving has been done on both of the pots they are connected. They are a dark color with an almost auburn tint or black . They are connected at the neck of the vessels. Kelli in Dalton. GA EDITOR’S REPLY: We stuck our foot in this one when we published the Mystery Stone Fish page a few years back. Readers since have been asking us for info on every sort of artifact. We regret that there is no known web site where people can send pictures of artifacts. We strongly believe in donating artifacts rather than selling them, but with no options, we simply refer people to the PBS Antiques Roadshow web site. http://seacoastnh.com/tji/stonefish.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/roadshow/ August 14 UNADULTERATED PRAISE I absolutely just love your newsletter every month......it's good and enjoyable reading. hanks, Mona Bohn of Binghamton, NY August 13 MORE ON HOPE CEMETERY I AM GOING TO BE IN LEBANON,NH THIS WEEKEND AND WOULD LIKE TO VISIT THE HOPE CEMETERY IN BARRE, VT. I TRIED TO GET DIRECTIONS FROM MAPQUEST, BUT HAD NO LUCK.COULD YOU HELP ME ? DONNA PEVEAR EDITOR’S REPLY: Hope this link below helps. It is the best online info about the history of the Hope Cemetery, and includes a map of the cemetery itself and basic directions. http://www.central-vt.com/visit/cemetery/ http://www.seacoastnh.com/dct/barrecemetery.html August 13 CELIA’S COUSIN CALLING Quick note to tell you how much I enjoyed The Smuttynose Diary. I am Celia Thaxter's first cousin, several times removed (my father's name is John Thaxter Watson.) So I eagerly read anything I can find on her and her life on the islands. Your newsletter is great! Sincerely, Debby (Watson) Garofano EDITOR’S REPLY: Thanks for the kudos. We are working, even now, to get more Shoals info online and working on a ferryboat-load of Shoals-related questions coming in via email. You should be especially happy to learn that the book version of “One Woman’s Work” is almost here on its boat trip from halfway across the planet where it was printed. We saw an early copy of this book last night, edited by Sharon Stephan and published by Peter Randall. We’d say, it is the best looking Shoals book ever published, bar none, and is full of color photos. http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please071401.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/celia/painting.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/celia/index.html August 13 ANOTHER NEWSLETTER FAN Thanks for sending the newsletter. It's wonderful. It's nice to get an email that is informative, interesting, fun -- and grammatical. Win Sullivan http://www.seacoastnh.com/talk.html August 12 BLOW THE MAN DOWN I am reading Nat Philbrick's great book, "In The Heart Of The Sea", the tragedy of the Wahleship Essex. For the first time in my eighty years, I am learning things such as the "Nantucket sleigh ride and other whaling terms. When I was a wee lad, my father used to sing a song called "Blow The Man Down" I wonder if there is anyone out there who knows the words and meaning of this song? Elliott of Dublin, CA EDITOR’S REPLY: This one doesn’t really fall under our Seacoast New Hampshire topic, but the Web is so easy to use, we could not resist. We simply typed “blow the man down” into Google on our Search page, and this is what came up. At least according to this sea shanty web site, the song may come from African American origins and is a violent reference to striking a blow with a belaying pin. Hope the link works for you, and thanks for the great question. http://www.geocities.com/captcutlass/mu/so4.html http://seacoastnh.com/navyyard http://www.seacoastnh.com/blackhistory August 11 WENTWORTH SAVED, WE THINK Do I understand correctly that Wentworth By the Sea will "re-open" -- that it has been saved!!! Will we find the date for such in your wonderful "Seacoast" happenings - I would truly love to be there! Thanks for reply & for the favorite subscription to Seacoast - I've enjoyed each & every issue! Helen Dotts http://www.yuccavalley.com/genealogy EDITOR'S REPLY: We are still on pins and needles here. It was saved two years ago, technically, when Ocean Properties agreed to restore the small front exterior that remains, and then build a hotel on the site of Wentworth-by-the-Sea. Saved? We hope so, though most of the structure has been lost. The renovation is planned for next year, we hear. http://www.seacoastnh.com/wentbysea/index.html August 11 SEA KAYAKING ADVICE My family and I will be staying in the Hampton beach area for a week in august. We are bringing our 2 sea kayaks and I was wondering about places to use them. We don't know how to enter and exit with surf. Any suggestions? V Land of Bechtelsville, PA FROM RAPHAEL AT PORTSMOUTH RENT AND RIDE: From Hampton you have a couple of good choices for places to launch your kayaks. Odiorne State Park is probably the best place. You can launch into Little Harbor, where the Wentworth Marina is, then go past the jetty and into the open ocean. The boat launch is easily accessible and if they are charging, the fee is nominal. Another place to put in is Hilton Park in Newington. From there you can go up the upper Piscataqua River, or travel into the Great Bay. There is no launch fee here. Feel free to swing by our shop for maps and additional info about great places to paddle in the area. http://www.seacoastsearch.com/feature56.htm August 10 HILTON FAMILY FOUNDED NH? Please see the link on the Hilton Family: "NH's Founders Find Their Castle." ukroots@yahoo.com Eric William Lamberton of Durham, England"The Original Washington www.AncestryUK.com/HiltonAncestry.htm August 09 NEEDS NH BROCHURES, FAST! I love SeacoastNH.com I've always loved the New Hampshire coastline as well as the lakes region! i've got a question you might be able to solve for me. Can you get information about Portsmouth and surrounding areas to send me information? i've contacted New Hampshire Tourism, but nothing has come and the other New England states sent them out pronto! Please help me! asap if possible???? Loyal Reader In Amherst, Mass EDITOR’S REPLY: We actually created this site to solve exactly that problem. But with thousands of content pages and images online, we have learned that people still need a paper guide. The one from the state of NH is lovely, slick and informative. But we don’t do paper anymore. That’s why we offer a complete list of local chambers. If you want Portsmouth area info call direct and they’ll ship your brochure right out. The other seacoast chambers are market on this list with seagull icons. And when the trip is over, we’re still here, every day, all day. http://www.seacoastsearch.com/nhlinks/chambers/ August 09 PEIRCE YESTERDAY AND TODAY To Yesterday and Today: I have been watching your site and enjoy your old pictures of Portsmouth,. My interest is in the Peirce/Hadley family. The Hadley's that sold the old Rockingham to Jones. Elbridge Peirce, that built a few ships in Portsmouth and son became Postmaster. I have lots of info on this family. My sister, was involved with the old "Theater by the Sea", years ago, in operations, the old Portsmouth Brewing Company building. The owner, Conlon's daughter married into the family, unknown to her. Small world department. Bob on AOL http://www.seacoastnh.com/yesterdayandtoday August 06 SEEKING PRAY SHIPYARD Would like any information concerning the Pray shipyard and ships built there. Thank you. Barbara on Bailey Island, ME EDITOR’S REPLY: We’ve found references to a lot of other shipyards in our area – Shattuck, Tobey & Littlefield, Badger’s Island, Pettigrew, Raynes and Fernald, for example, but no Pray – thought it is a common local name. We need added info – like what town amd what era of the Piscataqua river? http://www.seacoastnh.com/navyyard August 06 TRUNK SHOP RESPONSE Thank you so much for a great article in Fosters Sunday paper. We have already gotten quite a bit of response from it. David sends his regards and was flattered that you were thinking of him. Please give our best to Tim. Regards, Pat Morse http://www.seacoastsearch.com/feature63.htm August 03 GETTING TO NEWCASTLE BEACH Loved your web site, but directions to Newcastle Beach show up as "unavailble". Can anyone help? I'll be coming from the Haverhill, MA area (up 495N). Lisa from Atkinson, NH EDITOR’S REPLY: We admit that the directions are unavailable only because we are reluctant to post them. Locals tend to keep the small beaches a secret as much as possible. Newcastle Beach is tiny, fragile strip of sand near Great Island Common in Newcastle by the lighthouse at Fort Point, now the Coast Guard station. There used to be less than a dozen parking spaces directly at the beach. Now visitors can stop at the Great Island Common during the day and pay a small fee to park. There is limited parking, so when the lot is full, that’s it. There are public restrooms and a few cookstoves and a lovely view. If you find your way to Portsmouth center, head up State Street and turn right before the Kittery Bridge, down Marcy (past Prescott Park and Strawbery Banke) to the very bottom of the hill, then bear left and follow alsong the water to the center of Newcastle along a winding beautiful road. Bear right after the town center and Great Island Common will be on your left before you get to Wentworth by the Sea. But don't tell anyone else how to get there. August 03 WHICH BARTLETT ON BARTLETT STREET? Recent homeowner of a small 1820ish home on Bartlett Street off islington and am trying to get some research done on the house. My question: Bartlett street was once called Creek Street? (At the influx of the Creek into North mill Pond) Any idea why the name changed and which Bartlett the street was named after? I am learning this was a very transitional area through the many boom cycles of the past, which explains why our house is tucked away amidst homes of different periods. Thanks for the answer! Rich Collins Rich in Portsmouth, NH EDITOR’S REPLY: As you will see shortly, this question inspired an entire column and led us all around the city in search of an answer to your question. We researched a number of Barlett’s and reviewed a lot of maps and guides and books. There have been Bartett’s in Portsmouth since at least the late 1600s. Check AS I PLEASE in a week or two to follow our search for the origins of Bartlett Street. Meanwhile, check this out: We see John Barlett in the Old Meeting House seating plan in 1693. (Brewster’s Rambles #10) There was a Bartlett School off School Street (#12). Robert Barlett (#33), a reference in the Association Test of 17776 (#44), Ichabod Barlett’s Farm (#5 and #66). And more. http://www.seacoastnh.com/brewster/index.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/framers/bartlett.html August 03 OLD PARKS FOR A NEW NOVEL Hi. I love your website. It is very informative. I am an author living in Toronto. I'm writing a series of books about a family that lives in the 1840s. At one point they visit a park in Portsmouth. Could you please tell me the name of one of your beautiful downtown parks that has been around since that time? I know that I'll have readers from Portsmouth, and I'd love to keep the info. accurate. Take care, Jean Boonstra of Toronto EDITOR’S REPLY: This one threw us for a bit. Looked like it would be a lot of research, but instead it appears that the first official park dedicated in Portsmouth may be Langdon Park around 1877. Goodwin Park came later (see link below) in 1888. There was also Haven Park and others followed. The tendency to dedicate open public space didn’t occur to people until mostly after the Civil War when there was a lot of war heroes to memorialize. In 1840 the characters in this novel would like have met in a public square or on open private land, maybe in a cemetery, most likely a pasture or by the river, but not in a park. We suggest perusing Brewster's Rambles or the two Aldrich books on our site to find a good spot, like the Rock Pasture. http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please110599.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/brewster http://seacoastnh.com/aldrich August 02 WENTWORTH, THE BOOK? I would be interested in purchasing a book that encompasses all of the information/pictures regarding Wentworth By the Sea and the surrounding areas. Is one available and where could I purchase it. I love all the information in your web site. We have been going to Little Harbor for over 20 years and I am now very interested in the history of the area and the beauty of bygone days. Marty Draper EDITOR'S REPLY: Sorry, no such book exists. We understand that the late Ray Brighton had begun a history of the Wentworth Hotel, but did not complete it. A proposal for just such a book by SeacoastNH.com has just recently been prepared and is on its way to a publishing concern, so cross your fingers. The planned reopening of the hotel in 2002 should be an opportunity to remember the fascinating and sometimes checkered past of this historic hotel. http://www.seacoastnh.com/wentbysea/index.html August 02 YOU GUYS GOOFED In the Yesterday and Today segment, Ham's furniture store (62 Market Street), which eventually became Standard Plumbing & Heating, is now the location of the brick behemoth known as 100 Market Street, not the picture shown. Bear in mind, the city of Portsmouth renumbered the downtown buildings in the early 20th century. This can be confirmed by examining city directories. Therefore, researchers cannot merely compare numbers. Just wanted to keep the record straight. Kevin from Portsmouth http://www.seacoastnh.com/yesterdayandtoday August 02 MORE FALLING DOWN MONUMENTS In searching for information about my great grandfather's monument in Wapakoneta, Ohio, I came across your excellent website information and am hoping you might forward some information to me. I am sorry that the Portsmouth monument fell onto hard times as all of the white bronze monuments I've seen have been in excellent condition. My great grandfather, Michael Geis is buried in St. Joseph's Pioneer Cemetery on Herb Street in Wapakoneta, Ohio. We have the original bill of sale for the monument stating that it was purchased from the Monumental Bronze Company in Bridgeport, Ct. in 1891 (presumably it took our impoverished great grandmother that long to save up the $300.00) There are a number of other white bronze monuments in this little cemetery. Michael's monument is a 4 sided one, about 15 to 18 feet high, containing 16 different plaques chosen by his spouse. Unfortunately, one of those plaques, an arch topped one, is missing. It was the one with the insignia of the G.A.R. There are also 2 screws missing from one of the other plaques. Do you have a restoration source for these items? It is a truly
beautiful monument in prime condition and the family would love to
see it restored. He and our great grandmother arrived here from
Germany in 1854, and he fought with the first Ohio from '61 to '65.
Quite a committment for a newly minted American. Thank you for any
information you can provide. August 02 SAILED ON THE USS NEW HAMPSHIRE I have 2 photographs of my father and on one of which the name USS New Hampshire is clearly seen on his hat. The other is of he and his crewmates enjoying something which looks like chicken legs and on ship. As near as I can figure, it is the second N.H. which he was on circa 1908 as he married in 1912 and never a'sailing went again. If you would like copies please let me know. Joan Sleight (father: John Arthur Sleight) EDITOR'S REPLY: Since the first USS New Hampshire was built in 1819 and launched in 1864 (yes, that sounds crazy, but it's true) we bet you are not talking about that one. We don't have space to post the many reader photo contributions, but if you send us photos (address at the bottom of most pages in our site) we'll be happy to turn them over to a local archive collection. August 02 ANCESTORS FROM PORTSMOUTH I descend from Henry Sherburne whose house is at Strawberry Banke...... Also another ancestor in Portsmouth was Thomas and Hannah [Johnson] Jackson....does their house still stand ? They were married in 1663. Would like to have old pictures of the houses if any available. John in Monson, Mass. EDITOR'S REPLY: Shurburne House is definitely one of the treasures of Strawbery Bank (see page linked below). There is also a Jackson House, the oldest in the state we're told, run by the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities (SPNEA). You can contact both organizations via their web sites below. To purchase photos, try the third link below. And check Brewster's Rambles for many stories about these old Portsmouth families. http://www.strawberybanke.org/museum/sherburne/sherburne.html http://www.spnea.org/visit/homes/jackson.htm http://www.newenglandphoto.com/ http://seacoastnh.com/brewster/ August 02 RECYCLED ROBINSON I loved J. Dennis Robinson's two part article, "Seven Days on the Isles of Shoals," but I mistakenly recycled part I with the rest of the paper!! I'm writing to see if there's any way I could get part one of the article (July 17), so I can use both parts in the classroom--I teach English at Winnacunnet HS, and I'd love to use the articles in my classes. Thanks for a great article! Terri Greene Henning in Hampton, NH EDITOR’S REPLY: Thanks. All Robinson columns in Foster’s Sunday Citizen are also available online. At this point, almost 100 history columns are archived online on the “AS I PLEASE” directory (click below), a name stolen from a column once written by George Orwell. Sixty-something “In-Site” web review columns that also appear in Fosters are archived as SITE OF THE WEEK on both SeacoastNH and on SeacoastSearch. For back issues of Foster’s Sunday Citizen, you’ll have to contact that newspaper directly. Try the Circulation Dept or contact editors Harrison Thorpe or Randal Smathers who edit the two columns at Foseters in Dover, NH. http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please.html#index http://www.seacoastsearch.com/feature.htm August 01 BETTY & BARNEY BOOK BUYER Perhaps I am inept at using the Internet, but I am trying to find out if I can purchase a copy of either the book or movie about Betty and Barney Hill, Interrupted Journey. Can you help me, please. Thank you. Dorice Drew of Norwalk, CT EDITOR'S REPLY: Both books by John G. Fuller are long out of print. "Interrupted Journey" is the one you want. Incident at Exeter is about another Seacoast NH UFO, a separate story. Betty actually helped get the two reprinted in a double trade paperback a few years ago, but that edition too is sold out. But have no fear, there are a zillion copies around. You can go to Amazon.com and type in the name, but that will just send you to their used book site - bibliofind.com. We just checked and found an astonishing 195 copies listed for sale for prices from $1.25 for the paperback to $35 for the original hardcover version in a nice dust jacket. Betty meanwhile has written a new book called "A Common Sense Approach to UFOs". Amazon lists it as out of print, but we just called Betty and she says she has copies. Write to her at 953 State Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801 and she will send you a flyer to order the book - or you could just send the money. The book is $15.95 plus $3 shipping and Betty will send it out herself. http://www.seacoastnh.com/ufo/bettyhill1.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please020299.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/please111800.html http://www.seacoastnh.com/arts/muscarello.html August 01 IN THE SUMMER IT'S FURTHER How long does it take to get from Hampton to Portsmouth? Thank you Kristen, Chris & Collin EDITOR'S REPLY: 10 minutes on the highway (10 miles), make it 15-20 getting on and off too. Same up Route 1, unless it is high tourist season -- like now. We've seen people stuck at the Hampton toll booth for half an hour during peak drive time so always travel OFF the normal tourist hours. Once you get into Hampton Beach, the traffic slows to a walk during good weather and to a crawl on good weather weekends. http://www.seacoastnh.com/hamptonbeach |
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