Piscataqua

Of the settlements in New Hampshire, one called Piscataqua, at the mouth of the river of that name, was formed by three Plymouth merchants, Colmer, Sherwell, and Pomeroy, who chose a Scotchman named

England in America, 1580-1652 Lyon Gardiner Tyler 1894

Long before New Hampshire found its name, the deep river at its southeast was known as the Piscataqua by the Indians who could stem its strong currents, even in bark canoes.

Some Three Hundred Years Ago Edith Gilman Brewster

The next day, Sewall and Wyman took a ferry across the Piscataqua River to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, then rode “in pleasant Sun shine” to another ferry that carried them across the Merrimac River to Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

The next day, Sewall and Wyman took a ferry across the Piscataqua River to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, then rode “in pleasant Sun shine” to another ferry that carried them across the Merrimac River to Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

The next day, Sewall and Wyman took a ferry across the Piscataqua River to Portsmouth, New Hampshire, then rode “in pleasant Sun shine” to another ferry that carried them across the Merrimac River to Newburyport, Massachusetts.

Ratification Pauline Maier 2010

Every time I cross the Piscataqua bridge, I heave a big sigh of relief.

Sara Whitman: Maine, The Way Life Should Be 2009

Every time I cross the Piscataqua bridge, I heave a big sigh of relief.

Sara Whitman: Maine, The Way Life Should Be 2009

Every time I cross the Piscataqua bridge, I heave a big sigh of relief.

Sara Whitman: Maine, The Way Life Should Be 2009

When I was done, I walked for a time by the Piscataqua River, the ice still a foot thick by the shore but webbed by cracks.

The Black Angel John Connolly 2005

At 9 A.M. on November 1, 1777, the Ranger swept down the Piscataqua River with the tide and out to sea, surging along the whitecaps, her gunnysack sails bellied out, past the British cruisers, bound for France.

John Paul Jones 9781451603996 2003