War of 1812 Archive of Captain Samuel Clark, 4th Company, 134th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia

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• Lot Description

  Lot of approx. 21 documents, including several muster rolls, regimental orders, correspondence, discharges, a warrant, and more, related to Captain Samuel Clark, 4th Company, 134th Regiment, Pennsylvania Militia. The lot features: 

  • Regimental Orders, June 16th, 1812. Signed by Thomas Hosack, Lt. Col. 134th Reg. to Capt. Samuel Clark. (Approx. 8 x 13 in.) Orders to select a corporal and ten privates for detached duty, to be drawn from the first class, or second if there are not enough in the first, starting with the first man in the list until the group is complete. Then a commissioned officer is to be put in charge of these men. Also includes instructions as to what they need to have with them, where to meet, etc. The War of 1812 officially began two days after this order was issued.

  • Muster Roll of the 4th Company 134th Regt. ...doing duty at Erie. Most "commenced service" between the 24th and 30th of July and their service to expire between the 9th and 12th of August. Signed by Samuel Clark, Capt., and Thomas Hosack, Lt. Col. (7.75 x 12.5 in.)

  • Regimental Orders, August 18, 1812, to Capt. Clark to recruit his first and second classes (unless they have been drafted into Federal service), and have them meet at the home of Joseph Alexander on November 2. Signed by Thomas Hosack, Lt. Col. (7.75 x 7.5 in.)

  • Subsistant[sic] Account of Samuel Clark, 4th Co., 134th Regt. PA militia, July 26 - August 12, 1813.

  • Subsistance Account of Samuel Clark, 4th Co., 134th Regt, PA militia, July 26 - August 12, 1813 - Duplicate copy.

  • Regimental Order, Head Quarters, Erie, January 18, 1814. Captains to report the strength of their companies, how many sick, how many on furlough, etc. by order of Lt. Col. John C. Wallace, Officer of the day. (Approx. 5 x 7.5 in.)

  • Orders for company to march to Erie, PA and what each is to furnish and what the state will furnish. January 2, 1814. Signed Capt. Samuel Clark and Lt. Col. Thomas Hosack.

  • "Warrant" - appointment of Silas Cossett as sergeant , October 24, 1814. 2nd Brigade, 16th Division Pennsylvania Militia.

  • "Class list," October 24, 1814 (12.25 x 16.5 in.), listing men in classes 1 through 10, plus officers, each with ages and residences (most from Mercer). (no companies or battalions listed.)

  • Muster Roll of Capt. Samuel Clark, 10th Co., 27th Regt. October 23, 1815. Officers and 84 men (ink) plus (another column in pencil) (12.25 x 15 in.).

  • Muster Roll of Capt. Samuel Clark, 1st Monday in May 1815. Officers plus 78 men, plus (12.25 x 15 in.)

  • Muster Roll of Capt. Samuel Clark, 2nd Monday in May 1815, Officers plus 86 men, plus (12.25 x 15 in.)

  • Listing of men, possibly a draft page later copied more neatly?, no date or unit information, but Samuel Clark is one of the captains. (7.75 x 12.25 in.)

  • Three slips from August 1813, for men discharged after completing their service (13, 19 and 20 days!). Two written by Clark, one by Hosack.

  • Muster Roll of the Mercer Light Infantry, February 22nd, 1823, Capt. Samuel Clark. (2/3 of a 7.5 x 12.5 in. sheet)

  Non-military items include: Promissory note to Samuel Clark for $9.84, Exeter, July 4, 1801. (Approx. 3 x 7.5 in.) (possibly for military supplies); Certificate stating that Samuel Clark and Margaret Hosack were married October 17, 1805. (3 x 7.5 in.); ALS, Buffalo, June 22, 1836, 2pp. A.L. Clark to Samuel Clark (brother). Mostly personal; ALS, Buffalo, October 24, 1837, 1p. A.L. Clark to Samuel Clark; Coolspring, Mar 9, 1841, to Samuel Clark from Thomas Hosack, requesting furniture he ordered from Clark, and ordering more. 7.5 x 9.75 in.

  Samuel Clark is a bit difficult to locate, but Mercer Co. would have been very rural in the first decades of the 19th century. The county was not created until 1800, so records are sparse. Looking at the War of 1812 pension records, there are two Samuel Clarks in Mercer Co. This one is likely 1781-1855. He has no spouse listed, but the other Samuel is listed as being born in 1796; he would have been too young to marry in 1805. From the correspondence in this lot, it would appear that Samuel Clark was a cabinet maker. Beyond that, not much is known.

  Condition

  Most toned, some moderately. Most good or better, but a few with heavy stains and ink smears (esp. marriage certificate).
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