Postcards From Portsmouth

Postcards From Portsmouth

History EN ↓ 100 episodes

Postcards from Portsmouth explores the layered history of New Hampshire's oldest settlement, from its maritime origins to its modern charm. Each episode uncovers the hidden tales, local legends and pivotal events that shaped this historic coastal city.

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Postcards From Portsmouth

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Latest episode

May 31, 2026

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Episodes

Episode 76 - Saint Pat's 17.03.2026

A school based on faith and community

Episode 77 - Belle Isle: Island of Many Names 16.03.2026

Visit Lady Isle School and my grandfather's dog, Boy

Episode 78 - The Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion 15.03.2026

Elegance, power and scandal on Little Harbor

Episode 79 - Pest Island 14.03.2026

Portsmouth's quarantine station where you went to die or party, or both

Episode 80 - Peirce Island 13.03.2026

The best real estate deal in Portsmouth's history, trace the story of this island in the middle of the Piscataqua River from fort to family fun

Episode 81 - The Moffat-Ladd House 12.03.2026

Wealth, elegance and enslavement under one roof

Episode 82- The Warner House 11.03.2026

Portsmouth's oldest brick mansion

Episode 83 - The Governor John Langdon House 10.03.2026

Portsmouth's most famous founding father's mansion

Episode 84 - The Wentworth-Gardner House 09.03.2026

Georgian perfection that almost ended up in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art

Episode 85 - The Tobias Lear House 08.03.2026

Washington's secretary: a story of remarkable achievement, loyal service, controversial decisions and tragic endings

Episode 86 - The Rundlett-May House 07.03.2026

Federal elegance, thirteen children, nine pets and the latest early 19th century technology

Episode 87 - The Thomas Bailey Aldrich House 06.03.2026

Where a bad boy became a legend and where I fell in love with Portsmouth

Episode 88 - The Jackson House 05.03.2026

Portsmouth's oldest home and one of the oldest remaining wooden houses in all of New England

Episode 89 - Strawbery Banke Museum 04.03.2026

Walk with me through over 350 years of living Portsmouth history

Episode 90 - Custom House & Sheafe Warehouse 03.03.2026

Explore Portsmouth's colonial working waterfront and the everyday lives of the people who helped Portsmouth's elites make their fortunes

Episode 91 - The Abanaki - The People of the First Light 02.03.2026

Thirteen thousand years of living in harmony with nature

Episode 92 - Contact and Consequences 01.03.2026

European colonization: a story of disease, displacement, conflict and survival

Episode 93 - The African American Experience in Portsmouth: A Seven Part Series 28.02.2026

Part I: Slavery comes to Portsmouth

Episode 94 - Lives in Bondage 27.02.2026

Part II: Get to know some of the people behind the numbers

Episode 95 - The 1779 Petition 26.02.2026

Part III: Fighting for freedom with the words of the founding fathers

Episode 96 - The African Burying Ground 25.02.2026

Part IV: "Return and Get It - Learn From the Past"

Episode 97 - Building Community 24.02.2026

Part V: Free black life in 19th century Portsmouth

Episode 98 - Vallerie Cunningham 23.02.2026

Part VI: Recovering Portsmouth history, the remarkable decades long journey of a teenage girl in search of herself

Episode 99 - The Black Heritage Trail 22.02.2026

Part VII: Walking through history

Episode 100 - Why Portsmouth Matters 21.02.2026

A celebration

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