Newark Banking & Insurance Company records, 1804.

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Newark Banking & Insurance Company records, 1804.

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Consists of three New Jersey legislative acts dating from 1804 regarding the establishment of The Newark Banking and Insurance Company. These acts were signed by Governor Joseph Bloomfield (1753-1823), then president of the Council Chamber, and Congressmen James Cox (1753-1810), then Speaker of the House.

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Newark Banking & Insurance Company (N.J.)

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On February 15, 1804, The Newark Banking and Insurance Company was granted a charter by the New Jersey Legislature, and became the first bank in Newark, New Jersey. The bank operated in the dwelling of the Hon. Smith Burnet (1772-1830) on Broad Street near Market Street in Newark, but soon moved to a building on Broad Street near Bank Street. From the description of Newark Banking & Insurance Company records, 1804. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 5407...

Cox, James, 1753-1810.

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Brown, Margaret Fogel

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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...