“Eastward of Good Hope: Early America in a Dangerous World” with Dane A. Morrison
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 17, 2023 | Announcements, Events
Wednesday, December 6, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library American identity has always been shaped by its relationship with the wider world. At the moment of its independence in 1783, the new nation was a poor and powerless state trying to survive in a...1623: The Untold Story of New Hampshire’s Founding Family by J. Dennis Robinson
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Nov 8, 2023 | Announcements, Events
November 30, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library Why do we know so little about David and Amias Thompson of Plymouth, England? And why is the little we know so often wrong? Our first European couple “settled” at Rye, NH in 1623. Within five years the Thompsons...Nancy R. Hammond Book Signing and Talk
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Sep 21, 2023 | Announcements, Events
Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023 5:30 p.m. Shaw Research Library A presentation and book signing by Proprietor Nancy R. Hammond, whose new book, The Life and Times of Jonathan Mitchel Sewall, 1748-1808, Poet – Lawyer – Patriot, resurrects a forgotten Portsmouth...Author Janet Polasky Book Talk
by Portsmouth Athenaeum | Aug 24, 2023 | Announcements, Events
Sunday, Sept, 10, 2023 Shaw Research Library FREE We are all too accustomed to political leaders declaring “Our country is full.” The United Nations has tried since the Second World War to assure the inalienable rights of refugees in the face of civil unrest,...Recent News
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