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Keywords: Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Historical Items

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Item 76574

Androscoggin No. 2, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1938

Contributed by: Town of Topsham Date: 1938-08-06 Location: Portsmouth, NH; Topsham Media: Postcard

Item 35631

Map of the city of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, 1850

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1850 Location: Portsmouth, NH; Kittery Media: Ink on paper

Item 12984

Old Portsmouth Toll Bridge, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, ca. 1915

Contributed by: Stanley Museum Date: circa 1915 Location: Portsmouth, NH Media: Photographic print

Online Exhibits

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Patriotism Shared

Post office clerks began collecting strong red, white, and blue string, rolling it onto a ball and passing it on to the next post office to express their support for the Union effort in the Civil War. Accompanying the ball was this paper scroll on which the clerks wrote messages and sometimes drew images.

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History in Motion: The Era of the Electric Railways

Street railways, whether horse-drawn or electric, required the building of trestles and tracks. The new form of transportation aided industry, workers, vacationers, and other travelers.

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Notorious: Maine Crime in the Public Eye, 1690–1940 - The Hontvet Horror: The Case of the Smuttynose Murders

"After seeing his former employer in town, he learned Hontvet had saved six hundred dollars to buy a new boat and would be delayed overnight in…"

Site Pages

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Scarborough: They Called It Owascoag - People Who Called Scarborough Home - Page 1 of 4

"… that he married Stella Langford of Rochester, New Hampshire. Lewis Litchfield, Scarborough, ca."

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Beyond Borders - Mapping Maine and the Northeast Boundary - Pejepscot Proprietors Biographies - Page 1 of 2

"John Wentworth John Wentworth was Born in Portsmouth New Hampshire, was a Surveyor of the Kings Woods and served as Lieutenant Governor from…"

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Lincoln, Maine - Mills & Paper Industry - Page 1 of 2

"… In the fall of 1825, the Wendell Brothers from Portsmouth, New Hampshire sent Ira Fish and 17 other men north to build dams for saw mills on…"