Statistics for occurrence #1 of “N. J.” in alphabetic letter B, entry group 6, entry bloomfield-joseph of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...New Jersey: governor in 1801-12: brigadier-general during the War of 1812-15; member of Congress 1817-21; and was always esteemed a sound legislator and a judicious leader.
He died in Burlington.
N. J. , Oct. 3, 1823.
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