At this meeting on, Bloomfield freed his 14 slaves.Īpril 22, 1789 - George Washington visits Cross Keys Tavern while in route to New York, where he was to be inaugurated as the young nation’s first president. Moses Bloomfield, who had been a surgeon with the Continental Army. July 4, 1783 - Woodbridge is the site of one of the first anti-slavery meeting in the United States.
He prints The New American Magazine, a 40-page monthly that was New Jersey’s first periodical and the second in the English colonies.ġ775 - Parker’s son, Samuel, accompanies Nathaniel Heard on his midnight ride to New Brunswick to deliver the Lexington Alarm.
Franklin appointed Parker as the Secretary and Comptroller of the Colonial Post Office.ġ758 - Parker is named New Jersey’s first official government printer. Parker learned his trade from the pioneering colonial printer, William Bradford, and formed a business partnership and lifelong friendship with Benjamin Franklin, who often visited the Parkers at their Woodbridge residence. View Gallery: A look at Woobridge's 350-year historyġ669 - First drinking of British tea in the Coloniesġ751 - New Jersey’s first permanent printing press is operated by James Parker in Woodbridge.
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