Portsmouth cemeteries
By: Glenn A. Knoblock.
Series: Images of America
Publisher: Arcadia
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780738537610
Subjects: Cemeteries -- New Hampshire -- Portsmouth -- Pictorial works.; Sepulchral monuments -- New Hampshire -- Portsmouth -- Pictorial works.; Registers of births, etc. -- New Hampshire -- Portsmouth.; Inscriptions -- New Hampshire -- Portsmouth.; Portsmouth (N.H.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Pictorial works.; Portsmouth (N.H.) -- History -- Pictorial works.; Portsmouth (N.H.) -- Biography.; Portsmouth (N.H.) -- Genealogy.
Genres: Pictorial works.; Biography.; Genealogy.
Description: A photographic study of this city's cemeteries, uncovers a compelling history of the area from the Colonial era to the 1900s. The gravestones and monuments feature unusual works of art, and the inscriptions act as documents that preserve family histories, valiant military service, and memories of those lost at sea.