North Hampton Historical Society Blog

Cynthia Swank 12/8/25 Cynthia Swank 12/8/25

Hobbs Farm before Throwback Brewery - Part 1

David Obrien 11/19/25 David Obrien 11/19/25

Thanksgiving Day: What do we know about it?

David Obrien 10/12/25 David Obrien 10/12/25

Early days of policing in North Hampton

Cynthia Swank 5/31/25 Cynthia Swank 5/31/25

North Hampton and the Cape Cod Baseball League

This is a story about Alvan T. Fuller.

Cynthia Swank 4/17/25 Cynthia Swank 4/17/25

How North Hampton helped defeat the British in the American Revolution

How North Hampton helped to defeat the British in the American Revolution

Cynthia Swank 6/16/24 Cynthia Swank 6/16/24

Henry Dearborn Revisited

North Hampton born Henry Dearborn was Thomas Jefferson’s Secretary of War, the first New Hampshire native to be in a President’s Cabinet. What was he doing?

David Obrien 5/22/24 David Obrien 5/22/24

The Mystery of George Moore, the Candy Man, contd.

A brief blog giving followup information about the original benefactor of the Memorial Day candy. Read the earlier Moore blog first.

Cynthia Swank 2/12/24 Cynthia Swank 2/12/24

Mr. Smith Goes to Paris

North Hampton’s long serving Library Trustee Edward M Smith went to Paris in 1900.

Cynthia Swank 9/27/23 Cynthia Swank 9/27/23

Weather or Not

How do you determine the weather and outside temperature?

19th and early 20th century residents had their own methods. Read Cynthia’a blog to get an idea.

Cynthia Swank 6/21/23 Cynthia Swank 6/21/23

Epidemics and Pandemics Are Not New

Cynthia Swank 2/14/23 Cynthia Swank 2/14/23

How About Them Apples?

Cynthia Swank 11/30/22 Cynthia Swank 11/30/22

Who was Paul Long

Paul Long, a black resident of North Hampton, fought in the Revolutionary War and came back to live in North Hampton.

Cynthia Swank 10/17/22 Cynthia Swank 10/17/22

The Abenaki - all we don't know. Part 1

The Abenaki, part of the Algonquin nation, were present across what is now Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine as well as eastern Ontario, Quebec, and the maritime provinces of Canada thousands of years ago.

Cynthia Swank 7/11/22 Cynthia Swank 7/11/22

Mr Dow Goes to the 1893 Chicago World's Fair

Samuel A Dow enjoyed his visit to the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876, nearly 20 tears later he was off to Chicago to the Columbian Exposition.

Cynthia Swank 4/3/22 Cynthia Swank 4/3/22

Who Was Malvina Hoffman?

Who was Malvina Hoffman? A long time Little Boar’s Head summer resident, a famous and skilled sculptor, and much more.

Cynthia Swank 1/6/22 Cynthia Swank 1/6/22

Winter Memories - Sleighing

Emily Marston Dow loved sleigh rides. Read about some of her adventures and moonlight on the snow.

Guest User 11/16/21 Guest User 11/16/21

Autumns Past in North Hampton

Samuel Dow, David Lamprey, and Evelyn Squire remember Fall activities in North Hampton and beyond. In 1876 Samuel Dow made a trip to the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition.

Cynthia Swank 9/22/21 Cynthia Swank 9/22/21

Heritage Commission or Historical Society - Who do I ask?

I have a North Hampton history question - who do I call?

Learn the differences and similarities between the Historical Society and the Heritage Commission

Cynthia Swank 8/24/21 Cynthia Swank 8/24/21

Summers Past

What was life like in the summer in North Hampton for year-round residents Samuel A. Dow in the 19th century and Evelyn Philbrick Squire in the early 20th century.

Read excerpts from their journals to get a sense of summer life.

Cynthia Swank 5/26/21 Cynthia Swank 5/26/21

The Mystery of George Moore

George Moore left a bequest in 1939 to North Hampton to purchase candy for children on Memorial Day…but what do we really know about him?