The foundation of my forthcoming more than 600-page New Hampshire book, titled, An Influential Family of Early Potters: The Clarks of New Hampshire and Related Businesses is really a result of Captain Peter Clark's (1743-1826) red earthenware production in Braintree, Massachusetts in the 1760s through part of the 1770s, and then in Lyndeborough and Francistown, New Hampshire after 1775 into the nineteenth century. Without Clark's career as a potter, then his family would have most likely never influenced production throughout New Hampshire and other parts of northern New England from the 1790s through the 1880s. But Clark's career entailed much more than just being a potter; for instance, he also led a military Company out of Lyndeborough during the American Revolution, which is preserved in the two documents that I have posted below that will be published in the forthcoming book.
Both of these documents are from before and after the Battle of Bennington (Vermont) on August 16, 1777 (the first document is from July 1777, while the second is from September 1777), whereas the Bennington Museum in Vermont owns a letter (among other objects related to Clark) that Clark wrote to his wife and family, describing the Battle of Bennington, which he had recently participated in under General John Stark (1728-1822), dated August 18, 1777.
The second document indicates that Clark's company is now in route to Saratoga, New York, where they fought in the Battles of Saratoga, which took place September 19, 1777 to October 7, 1777.
Furthermore, I also posted a late eighteenth or early nineteenth century red earthenware jar that I purchased this past spring that was most likely made at one of Peter Clark's businesses in New Hampshire, following his service in the American Revolution. The jar was purchased as part of the first installment of the Beth & Earl Trimble salt glazed stoneware collection that sold in May at Amelia Jeffer's two-day Americana and Ohio Valley Auction in Ohio.
Note: For more information - see a feature story that I wrote for the August 2016 issue of the New England Antiques Journal, titled, A Pottery Moves to New Hampshire: Peter Clark and His Family in Lyndeborough: https://www.scribd.com/document/321580352/Peter-Clark-Pottery-New-England-Antiques-Journal-August-2016.
Also, see a five-page feature story that I wrote for the June 2021 issue of Maine Antique Digest, titled, The Red Earthenware Industry in Concord, New Hampshire: http://www.earlyamericanceramics.com/2021/05/new-published-feature-story-concord-nh.html.
Captain Peter Clark and His Company's Service During the American Revolution
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