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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26OZ_african-burying-ground-memorial_Portsmouth-NH.html
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I stand for the Ancestors Here and Beyond
I stand for those who feel anger
I stand for those who were treated unjustly
I stand for those who were taken from their loved ones
I stand for those who suffered the middle passage…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26OX_the-continental-frigate-raleigh_Portsmouth-NH.html
On Rindge's Wharf, Portsmouth,
May 21, 1776,
six weeks before
The Declaration of Independence,
there was launched
The Continental Frigate "Raleigh,"
the First
American Man-of-War
built on the Piscataqua,
keel laid March 21, 17…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26OW_in-this-house-admiral-john-paul-jones-resided_Portsmouth-NH.html
In this house
Admiral (John) Paul Jones
resided
and at this port fitted out the
Ranger, 1777
and the
America, 1781-2
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26OL_joseph-nancy-cotton-and-their-children-eleazor-james_Portsmouth-NH.html
In 1717 Portsmouth's first identified black family was baptised by South Church.
Baptisms of enslaved people became more frequent in local churches; black marriages, however, were not included in town records until the Revolutionary Era, when sl…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26OK_siras-bruce_Portsmouth-NH.html
Siras, in 1783, contracted with John Langdon to serve as a "domestic servant."
Among Langdon's papers, itemized bills for "Siras de Bruce" confirm descriptions of his resplendent, even dazzling attire: white breeches, blue or black coats, s…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26OB_north-pier_Portsmouth-NH.html
Between the late 1600s and the mid-1900s this part of the Piscataqua River waterfront played a significant role in the areas marine commerce and shipbuilding economy.
This is the site of the famous Portsmouth Pier.
Chartered in 1798, the 340-fo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26O8_site-of-negro-burying-ground_Portsmouth-NH.html
In colonial Portsmouth, segregation applied in death as in life. City officials approved a plan in 1705 that set aside this city block for a "Negro Burying Ground." It was close to town, but pushed to what was then its outer edge. By 1813, houses …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26O7_black-yankees-and-the-sea_Portsmouth-NH.html
People of African origin or descent have been part of Portsmouth since at least 1645.
This waterfront was an entry port for enslaved people arriving in New Hampshire during the 1600s and 1700s.
Ships brought black children and adults directly fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26O2_colonel-tobias-lear_Portsmouth-NH.html
Was born in this house in 1760.
He was George Washington's Secretary
from 1783 to 1799.
Washington visited here in 1789.
This tablet is placed by the Society
of the Sons of the Revolution
of the State of New Hampshire,
1899.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM26NJ_portsmouth-navy-yard_Portsmouth-NH.html
The Portsmouth Navy Yard was established in 1800 when the federal government perceived a need to expand the Navy in order to counter French privateer attacks against merchant shipping.
It has served varied functions over the years, first constru…