Joseph Bloomfield letters and legal documents 1777-1807

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Joseph Bloomfield letters and legal documents 1777-1807

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United States Army General and Governor of New Jersey. Items include a letter written from Plattsburgh, New York, in 1812 describing their need of supplies and the execution of deserters, a letter from John Knox regarding military service in the American Revolution, and several legal documents from Bloomfield while on the New Jersey Supreme Court.

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division

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Bloomfield, Joseph, 1753-1823

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Bloomfield was a lawyer and a soldier in New Jersey. He was educated at the Rev. Enoch Green's Academy. He served as Mayor of Bloomfield (1795-1800), clerk of the state assembly, register of the court of admiralty, and attorney general of New Jersey. In 1801 he was elected governor of the New Jersey legislature over Richard Stockton; re-elected in1804, he served till 1812. As governor, he signed the gradual emancipation act in 1804, which reduced the slave population in New Jersey from six perce...