All posts tagged "Portsmouth NH"
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5.2K1MassachusettsSix Fun Facts About Paul Revere’s Ride
The poem Paul Revere’s Ride took an obscure patriot of the American Revolution and elevated him to American myth. In 1860, Henry...
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14.5K3New HampshireThe Privateer Liverpool Packet Torments Boston: The Evil Genius of Coastal Trade
The privateers that raided shipping off the New England coast in the War of 1812 were the gladiators of their day. Wealth,...
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17.7K6MaineUSS Squalus Rescue: World Awaits News of Sailors’ Fate
In 1939, the greatest submarine rescue in history was undertaken off the coast of Portsmouth, N.H. This is the second part of...
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15.4K3Crime and ScandalThe Mysterious Death of Henry Sherburne in 1680
What records exist show that Henry Sherburne was a prosperous, early settler of Portsmouth, N.H. From a well-established family in England, he...
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15.3K6MaineThe Candlemas Massacre and the Salem Witch Trials
One week after two girls in Salem, Mass., begun having strange fits, the Candlemas Massacre wiped out the village of York in...
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Wentworth Cheswell, the Black Man Who Rode With Revere
Wentworth Cheswell is considered New Hampshire’s first archaeologist and the first African-American elected to public office in the United States. He also...
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