Joseph Clark papers, 1779-1783.

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Joseph Clark papers, 1779-1783.

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This collection consists of a journal dating from 1777 to 1778 and receipts dating from 1779 to 1783. Joseph Clark kept the journal while he was with the Hunterdon County Militia while they were defending Hackensack, Paramus, Pompton, Morristown, Brunswick, Amboy, and Red Bank, New Jersey and Germantown and Chester, Pennsylvania. Clark wrote on a variety of topics including a list of officers and the unit's encounters with the British across New Jersey. The receipts date from 1779 to 1783 and include an account between Mr. (Aaron) Burr and Colonel Ash of North Carolina, dated April 5, 1783, and a certificate certifying that Joseph Clark served four months as Adjutant in the Third Battalion of Militia Hunterdon, signed by Colonel David Chambers (1748-1842).

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Clark, Joseph, 1751-1813

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Joseph Clark was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey in 1751. He went to the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) before the War of Independence broke out. Clark served in the Hunterdon County Militia of the Second New Jersey Regiment during the Revolution. After he finished serving in the Continental Army he returned to Princeton and obtained his bachelor's degree in 1781. He then studied theology and after two years gained his license to preach. His first congregation was the Presbyt...

Chambers, David, 1748-1842.

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New Jersey. Militia. Hunterdon Brigade

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The provisions noted in the document were for the use of the Hunterdon Brigade, 3rd Battalion stationed in Woodbridge, New Jersey. During this time, General George Washington was defeated twice by British forces at the Battle of Long Island and Brooklyn Heights, New York, which devastated his hopes of preventing British possession of New York City and its valuable harbors and ports. Following these defeats and the ensuing retreat by Washington, the New Jersey militia, including the 3rd Battalion...