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2022 Lecture Series: Architecture I – Imitation and Innovation: Developing a Portsmouth Style of Architecture 1660-1815

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Oct 14, 2022 | Announcements, Events

Portsmouth Athenaeum 2022 Lecture Series Portsmouth, NH: Evolution 1623-2023   The territory of coastal New Hampshire, first inhabited by the Abenaki and other Algonquian languages-speaking nations, was first explored and written about by Martin Pring in 1603....

2022 Lecture Series: “A Century of Change in Land Use and the Built Environment in Portsmouth” by Nick Cracknell

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 13, 2022 | Announcements, Events

Portsmouth Athenaeum 2022 Lecture Series Portsmouth, NH: Evolution 1623-2023   The territory of coastal New Hampshire, first inhabited by the Abenaki and other Algonquian languages-speaking nations, was first explored and written about by Martin Pring in 1603....

Portsmouth Athenaeum’s 2022 Lecture Series

by Portsmouth Athenaeum | May 6, 2022 | Announcements, Events

Portsmouth Athenaeum 2022 Lecture Series Portsmouth, NH: Evolution 1623-2023   The territory of coastal New Hampshire, first inhabited by the Abenaki and other Algonquian languages-speaking nations, was first explored and written about by Martin Pring in 1603....

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Franklin Club
Franklin Club
July 2, 2025    
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Portsmouth Athenaeum
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Franklin Club, Sawtelle Reading Room
The Junto, also known as the Leather Apron Club, was a club for mutual improvement established in 1727 by Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia. The Leather [...]
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Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall"
Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall"
July 11, 2025    
5:00 pm - 8:00 pm
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Art 'Round Town, Exhibits, Jonathan Mitchel Sewall 1748-1808, Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall, Randall Gallery
Please join us for Art 'Round Town for our latest exhibit, "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall (c.1770-1808)," curated by Nancy Hammond in [...]
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Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall"
Art 'Round Town for the exhibit "Portsmouth in the Age of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall"
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