James Madison Papers

To James Madison from Joseph Bloomfield, 23 February 1804 (Abstract)

§ From Joseph Bloomfield

23 February 1804, Trenton, New Jersey. “I have the honor to transmit to the office of the department of the Secretary of State, an attested copy of ‘An Act to ratify an Amendment of the Constitution of the United States,’ on the part of the State of New Jersey.”1

RC and enclosure (DNA: RG 11, U.S. Documents Having Legal Effect, Ratified Amendments). RC 1 p. For enclosure, see n. 1.

1. The enclosure (4 pp.; docketed by Brent) is a copy of the act of the New Jersey legislature ratifying the Twelfth Amendment, certified by Governor Bloomfield.

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    To James Madison from Joseph Bloomfield, 23 February 1804 (Abstract)
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    Bloomfield, Joseph
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    Madison, James
    Date
    23 February 1804

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    “To James Madison from Joseph Bloomfield, 23 February 1804 (Abstract),” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/02-06-02-0477. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, Secretary of State Series, vol. 6, 1 November 1803 – 31 March 1804, ed. Mary A. Hackett, J. C. A. Stagg, Ellen J. Barber, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Angela Kreider. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2002, p. 506.]

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