Some notices of Governor Joseph Bloomfield : read before the New Jersey Historical Society, Jan. 26, 1886 / by William Nelson. 1886.
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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...
Nelson, William, 1847-1914
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Lawyer, historian, archivist, and bibliographer, of Paterson, N.J., who served as corresponding secretary, New Jersey Historical Society. From the description of Papers, 1690-1875. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70954882 Nelson was a New Jersey Historical Society member and amateur ethnologist. From the description of Correspondence to Daniel Garrison Brinton, 1886-1894. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 22605...
