Adams Papers

From Joseph Bloomfield to John Adams, 27 January 1794

From Joseph Bloomfield

Philadelphia January 27th: 1794.

Agreably to an Order of the Convention of Delegates, from the Abolition Societys formed in the United States; I do myself the honor, of transmitting to You, Sir, the enclosed Memorial and Petition; and request the same, may be laid before the honorable the Senate of the United States.1

I cannot add to the respect with which, I am, / Your obedient Servant

Joseph Bloomfield

RC (DNA:RG 46, Records of the U.S. Senate); addressed: “The Honourable / John Adams, Esquire / Vice-President / of the United-States.”; internal address: “The Honorable / John Adams, Esquire, / Vice-President / of the United States.”; docketed: “1st: Sess: 3d Con: / Letter / from Joseph Bloomfield / to the / Vice President / January 27th / 1794.”

1. Joseph Bloomfield (1753–1823), of Wood-bridge, N.J., served as the state’s attorney general from 1783 to 1792. He enclosed a petition seeking to end the African slave trade and U.S. involvement in outfitting slave ships, which was read in the Senate the following day (Biog. Dir. Cong. description begins Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774–2005, Washington, D.C., 2005; rev. edn., bioguide.congress.gov. description ends ; Annals of Congress description begins The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States [1789–1824], Washington, D.C., 1834–1856; 42 vols. description ends , 3d Cong., 1st sess., p. 38–39).

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    From Joseph Bloomfield to John Adams, 27 January 1794
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    Bloomfield, Joseph
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    Adams, John
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    “From Joseph Bloomfield to John Adams, 27 January 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Adams/06-21-02-0181. [Original source: The Adams Papers, Papers of John Adams, vol. 21, March 1791–January 1797, ed. Sara Georgini, Sara Martin, R. M. Barlow, Gwen Fries, Amanda M. Norton, and Hobson Woodward. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2022, p. 252.]