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Bloomfield College Seibert Hall, Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, New Jersey.

Bloomfield

New Jersey, United States
Also known as: Wardsesson
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Bloomfield, township (town), Essex county, northern New Jersey, U.S. It is a northwestern suburb of Newark. Settled in 1660 by Puritans, it was known as Wardsesson (then a ward of Newark) until 1796, when it was renamed for the American Revolutionary general Joseph Bloomfield. During the revolution it served as a supply point for both sides. Large quantities of cloth for Union Army uniforms were produced there during the American Civil War. The town of...

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