Cloth Fragment

Object Name:

Cloth Fragment

Object ID:

2001.500

Date:

1775-1777

Description:

Fragment of battle flag of Gen. John Stark. Possibly from the staff end. Green ribbed plain-weave silk. Crease 0.25" from one edge with holes from lost stiches suggests piece was stitched to another fragment or stitched, then pressed under. Four raw unstitched edges. Adhered to sheet of paper to which is also attached an envelope inscribed in ink, "A shred of the Battle Flag / of Maj. Genl. John Stark / carried through the Revolution. / Presented by his great granddaughter Susan Abbott of Manchester, N.H. / His home."

Material:

Textile
Silk
Paper

Dimensions:

H-2.8 W-3.1 inches

Provenance:

Among the prized possessions given by Gen. John Stark to his granddaughter Susan (Stark) Gamble (1797-1860) before his death. She left them to her daughters, Eleanor Gamble (1830-1910) and Susan G. Abbott (1834-1910). They bequeathed the objects to Susan G. Abbott's daughter, Jennie L. Osborne (1858-1941), who gave them to author Howard P. Moore (1868-1954) in 1940. After Moore's death his daughter, Dorothy L. Lewis (1896-1978) donated them to the Society. See 1956.123, another piece of the flag,

Credit Line:

Gift of Susan Gamble Abbott

People:

Stark, John (1728-1822), Gamble, Susan (1797-1860), Abbott, Susan G. (1834-1910), Osborne, Jennie A. (1858-1941), Moore, Howard P. (1868-1954), Lewis, Dorothy L. (1896-1978)

Subjects:

Flags, Banners, Textiles, Silk, Textile fragments, Revolutionary War, Revolutions, Paper