The few presents to the states, represented in the battle,
were reserved, with the four cannon. The two small pieces of
ordinance were transfeired upon petition, in 1848, to Vermont
by congress, and the two larger ones were never officially con-
ferred by congress to any state. These guns were in use
through the war of 181 2, and two of them were captured at De-
troit by the Canadians, and recaptured at Fort George by the
Americans. The gun at New Boston is one of the larger pair^
captured in the sun set battle, from Breyman.
After the war, the interests of his farm and an extensive
trade in lumber and tracts of woodland, divided his time and
labors. At this period, he owned, with two partners, the pres-
ent township of Dunbarton, then called Starkstown, and oper-
ated largely in pine lumber and ship timber. The facilities for
getting logs and manufactured lumber to market were greatly
increased by the completion of the Blodget canal in 1807, and
Stark's property in timber tracts received an upward appraisal.
He did not die a rich man, as we understand the term in mod-
ern phrase ; he had for those times, however, a large compe-
tence, which gradually accumulated under his prudent and ener-
getic management, and gave him power to show a generous
hospitality to the numerous visitors and war veterans who came
to his home.
