Current Issue HISTORICAL NEW HAMPSHIRE Historical New Hampshire is a benefit of membership in the New Hampshire Historical Society. Join today and you will receive this issue with your membership. Current and back issues of Historical New Hampshire are available for purchase through the Society's store. Volume 70, No. 1, Spring 2017 Robert W. Bermudes Jr., Editor Elizabeth Dubrulle, Managing Editor Joan E. Desmarais, Illustrations Coordinator Encounter at Vung Lam: New Hampshire Businessman Edmund Roberts and America's First Diplomatic Negotiation with an Asian Country Toby Finnegan "A Plain, Dignified Building": Negotiating for an Academic Carnegie Library in Durham Susan J. Siggelakis Book Reviews Become a Member of the New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase this Issue