Robert Sterry correspondence, 1814 September 15.

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Robert Sterry correspondence, 1814 September 15.

ALS (Philadelphia) from Sterry to John Boileau pertaining to Gen. Joseph Bloomfield's orders for the requisition of militia during the War of 1812.

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Boileau, John

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Sterry, Robert

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Army officer. From the description of Robert Sterry correspondence, 1814 September 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980709 ...

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...