The Newport Daily News reporter, Joe Baker, told the story of the Portsmouth copy of the Declaration of Independence in the paper’s July 21, edition. Portsmouth’s orginal copy of the Declaration of Independence (above) was found behind a file cabinet in the town clerk’s office 30 years ago. After extensive repair and restoration in […]
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The Historical Society in cooperation with the Town of Portsmouth held a commemoration of the signing of the Declaration of Independence with a viewing of Portsmouth’s copy of the Declaration. Historian John Parillo provided a lecture on RI signer William Ellery. See the Video Theater with a link to the Video othe event
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Marjorie Webster had compiled a listing of the people in the Shearman Diaries. See our Collections Page. The diaries are available for viewing in high def files
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At their March 21 meeting the Society Board of Directors approved a new logo. The new logo was designed by Tom Roskelly, a Portsmouth resident and a Nationally recognized advertising consultant. The logo represents the view of our Society Museum Building that recognized as it sits atop a hill at the corner of Union Street
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The Portsmouth History Center Web Site has been launched. It is designed to be the “jumping off” point for access to Portsmouth History information.
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We have just launched a new Historical Society Web Site. It is being managed under the Portsmouth History Center. The Portsmouth History Center Web site is now the central “jumping off” point for all the ways to get information on Portsmouth’s rich history.
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