PORTSMOUTH, N.H
\pˈɔːtsməθ], \pˈɔːtsməθ], \p_ˈɔː_t_s_m_ə_θ]\
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was settled in 1623, incorporated as a town in 1633, and as a city in 1849. It was the State capital until 1807. In 1694 the town was attacked by Indians, and several persons killed. In 1774 the inhabitants refused to receive a cargo of British tea.
By John Franklin Jameson
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