Stark Family Papers, 1813-1832

Collection number: MC 134
Size: (1 obox) (0.66 cu.ft.)

About Stark Family

The Starks of Suncook and Pembroke, NH were the descendents of Revolutionary War Major-General John Stark. The family appears to have engaged primarily in agricultural activities. However, sometime after 1810, Major Caleb Stark and his son Henry purchased the Pembroke Cotton and Wooolen Factory, which they operated until 1830. A few years before selling the factory, the Starks began producing silk on Caleb’s land in Dunbarton, NH. They planted hundreds of mulberry trees and raised thousands of silk worms, but the project, like other attempts at silk production in New Hampshire, was not lucrative enough to be successful.

About the Stark Family Papers

The Stark Family Collection primarily contains information regarding silk production in New Hampshire, including correspondence, a journal, and a deed. Also included in the collection is a copy of the song Col. Philip Carrigan sang to General Marquis de Lafayette during his visit to New Hampshire in 1825, and an account book that details the cloth trade in Calcutta, India from 1813 to 1815

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions

This collection is open

Copyright Notice

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Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Stark Family Papers, 1813-1832, MC 134, Milne Special Collections and Archives, University of New Hampshire Library, Durham, NH, USA

Acquisitions Information

Purchased: Stark Family, Oct. 21, 1977

Collection Contents

Oversize Box 1
Oversize Box 1, Folder 1Caleb Stark, Sr., deed for silk production in New Hampshire, 1828
Oversize Box 1, Folder 2Henry Stark, correspondence and journal about silk production and activities, 1828-1832
Oversize Box 1, Folder 3"Inventory of Machinery in Suncook Cotton and Wool Factory," 1829
Oversize Box 1, Folder 4"To the Memory of Miss Thayer," author unidentified
Oversize Box 1, Folder 5Materials related to Colonel Philip Carrigan, author unidentified
Oversize Box 1, Folder 6Manuscripts and poems, untitled, author unidentified
Oversize Box 1, Folder 7John W. Stark account book, cloth and silk trade in Calcutta, India, 1813-1815
Oversize Box 1, Folder 8Henry Stark, Commission as Quarter Master to the Eleventh Regiment of Militia, New Hampshire, 1817
Oversize Box 1, Folder 9Broadside: An Elegy on the Death of Miss Mehitable Prescott of Kensington, who died, 3rd of December, 1793
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Collection
Journal of production, 1828-1832

Formats

Diaries
Ledgers & Receipts
Manuscripts & Typescripts
Military Papers