All posts tagged "Portsmouth NH"
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16.1K15Politics and MilitaryEat Like a President – The Founding Fathers’ Guide to New England Taverns
The first five U.S. presidents, the founding fathers, were all veteran travelers in New England. And in their travels, they left behind...
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20.2K18New HampshireWhen Paul Revere Rode to New Hampshire
On Dec. 13, 1774, Paul Revere rode to Portsmouth, N.H., to warn the redcoats were coming. It was a much less famous...
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15.7K7Politics and MilitaryMaine Timbers Shore Up the British Navy in 1666
There was nothing like a shipment of white pine Maine timbers from the New England colonies to cheer up a British Royal...
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7.8K3Arts and Leisure‘A Most Heavenly Night’ for Celia Thaxter
When Celia Thaxter realized her marriage wasn’t working, she moved back home – to a small archipelago off the coasts of Maine...
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10.8K9Politics and MilitaryNewport Stamp Act Riot, Following the Pattern, Sends Loyalists Packing
Prominent Rhode Island politician Martin Howard might have thought twice about publicly supporting the Stamp Act of 1765. It was the British government’s...
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4.8KArts and LeisureDr. Alexander Hamilton Pokes Fun at a Rustic
Dr. Alexander Hamilton had some fun at the expense of a nosy New Englander named Jerry Jacobs who accompanied him on his trip...
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