The Historic Thomas Clarke House:
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2015-05-07
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Built in 1772, in the middle of what was then a 200-acre farm, the historic Clarke House is in outward appearance simply a white clapboard farm house. This historic building is central to the Battle of Princeton, fought on January 3rd, 1777, between the Continental Army under the command of General George Washington and British Crown forces.
The Clarkes, a third-generation Quaker family of the Stony Brook Quaker Settlement, turned the house into a field hospital after the battle, taking in both British and American wounded. Despite being cared for by Dr. Benjamin Rush (signer of the Declaration of Independence), American General Hugh Mercer died here nine days after the battle from being shot and bayoneted. Mercer County in New Jersey, site of the battle, is named in his honor.
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The Historic Thomas Clarke House, The Princeton Battlefield Park, New Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry, Battle of Princeton, American History, History, The American Revolution, U.S. National Register of Historic Places, New Jersey Register of Historic Places, Princeton, Mercer County, Borough of Princeton, The Delaware Region, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State, The Raritan Valley Region
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