Journal, 1794.

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Journal, 1794.

Manuscript journal, 30 September-20 December 1794, kept during his three months service describing the march from Trenton to Pittsburgh and back to quell the Whiskey Rebellion. Reverse of volume contains various anonymous cooking recipes, a "cure for dropsey," prose and poetry.

1 v.

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Clunn, John Hugg, 1770-1798

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John Hugg Clunn was a Quartermaster in the New Jersey Detached Militia, Artillery Battalion attached to Brigadier-General Bloomfield's Infantry Brigade during the PA insurrection of 1794. From the description of Journal, 1794. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 151381293 ...

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...