1623: The Untold Story of New Hampshire’s Founding Family

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1623: The Untold Story of New Hampshire’s Founding Family

Presented by J. Dennis Robinson

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 had abandoned their fishing and trading outpost and disappeared from Granite State history. Popular author J. Dennis Robinson explores the era, unearths the facts, and debunks the myths of our rocky 400-year-old origin tale. 

Please join us in the Levenson Room for this presentation by our local Portsmouth historian and author J. Dennis Robinson. As we end the Library's Local History programming for this, our 400th Portsmouth Anniversary, year, it is fitting to hear about the beginnings of this beautiful place we share with all that has come before.

This talk will not be recorded or presented online. Books will be available to purchase and to have signed at this event!

Registration is not required. 

This program is supported by a grant from  New Hampshire Humanities -- Humanities to Go HTG@nhhumanities.org