Buy this book on-line Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de : Portrait of Joseph Bloomfield (Governor of New Jersey 1801-1812) as a GeneralNew York: circa 1812
Photogravure on rag paper 2.25 circular inches on sheet size 10 x 7 inches. Described at no. 61 in Saint-Memin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America by Ellen G. Miles. However Miles does not illustrate this rare work. "Throughout his life, Bloomfield combined a military career with service as an elected official. A veteran of the battles of Valley Forge and Brandywine, he later became a major general in the New Jersey militia. From 1795to 1800 he was the mayor of Burlington ,]ersey, where Saint-Mémin moved in the fallof 1798. Bloomfield, a ]effersonian, was governor of New ]ersey in 1801 and from 1803 to 1812. As governor, he was responsible for the entering of a nolle prosequi to Burr's indictment for shooting Alexander Hamilton . In 1812, he was appointed brigadier general inthe United 5tates Army: Bloomfield laterserved in Congress, from 1817 to 1821."Bloomfield, N.J. is named after him. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Saint-Mémin, Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de : Portrait of Joseph Bloomfield (Governor of New Jersey 1801-1812) as a General. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, livres rares, incunabula, livres anciens and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |