The Historic Thomas Clarke House:

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dc.creatorBeards, Daniel E.
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-22T20:53:13Z
dc.date.available2024-07-22T20:53:13Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-07
dc.descriptionBuilt 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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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10929/122115
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dc.subjectThe Historic Thomas Clarke House
dc.subjectThe Princeton Battlefield Park
dc.subjectNew Jersey Division of Parks and Forestry
dc.subjectBattle of Princeton
dc.subjectAmerican History
dc.subjectHistory
dc.subjectThe American Revolution
dc.subjectU.S. National Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectNew Jersey Register of Historic Places
dc.subjectPrinceton
dc.subjectMercer County
dc.subjectBorough of Princeton
dc.subjectThe Delaware Region
dc.subjectNew Jersey
dc.subjectNJ
dc.subjectJersey
dc.subjectThe Garden State
dc.subjectThe Raritan Valley Region
dc.titleThe Historic Thomas Clarke House:

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