BLOOMFIELD OLD AND NEW

This book was originally published by the Bloomfield Centennial Historical Committee in 1912 This historical sketch is a symposium of narratives by different authors to whom special departments were assigned What it lacks in unity it makes up in data It is a compendium of annals rather than an essay in history This book opens with a discussion of Bloomfields settlement and closes with an account of a stroll through its streets at the time of publication Chapters include The Beginnings The 1776 Period and After the Revolution by Joseph F Folsom Incorporation and Subsequent Government by Raymond F Davis The Schools and Schoolmasters by William A Baldwin Transportation by Charles C Ferguson The History of the Churches by George Louis Curtis Municipal Development by William P Sutphen The Annals of Stone House Plains Brookdale by James E Brooks and An Afternoon Walk by Maud Parsons Appendices include Board of Trade Resolution Act of Incorporation 1812 Centennial Celebration and Committee and SubCommittees of the Centennial Celebration A wealth of names dates and location are preserved on these pages Several facsimile reprints of vintage photographs a map of Bloomfield in 1830 and an index to names places and subjects add to the value of this work