I came across a digital version of the Federal Fire Society while doing some research for the Deerfield Teachers Center. While it wasn’t what I was looking for, I was happy to have found such an interesting piece of Portsmouth’s past in such an easily shareable format. Originally published in 1905, the book contains biographical sketches of the society’s members and observations on how to prevent and extinguish fires. While I would treat the historical information contained within it’s pages with a degree of skepticism or caution given the lack of cited sources, I think it’s an interesting addition to our resources on Portsmouth History.
If you are interested in what became of the Fire Society after this 1905 publication, J. Dennis Robinson has an article for that! Published in 2012 in seacoastnh.com, Robinson discusses the history of the Federal Fire Society and its modern-day members:
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