| Portsmouth, cities, United States (748 words) |
 | It was a point for exporting lumber and fish and served as colonial capital until the American Revolution. |
| Many old houses are in “Strawbery Banke,” a restored colonial community on the original seaport; they include the Richard Jackson house (1664), the Warner house (1716), and the John Paul Jones house (1758), where the naval hero once lived. |
| In Portsmouth itself are one of the world's largest shipyards; a huge naval hospital; a naval ammunitions dump; and the headquarters of the Fifth U.S. Coast Guard district. |
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