Mercer, Hugh, approximately 1725-1777

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Dates:
Birth 1725-01-17
Death 1777-01-12

Biographical notes:

Virginian physician, and French and Indian War and Revolutionary War officer.

From the description of Letters of Hugh Mercer, 1767-1774. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32960048

Brigadier General Mercer served in the Battles of Trenton and Princeton.

From the description of ALS, 1776 July 22 : Perth Amboy, to General George Washington. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 13767822

Brigadier General Mercer served in the Battles of Trenton and Princeton during the Revolutionary War; here a Colonel.

From the description of ALS, l760 April 23 : Fort Augusta, to unknown. (Copley Press, J S Copley Library). WorldCat record id: 12591711

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Subjects:

  • American loyalists
  • Books
  • Bounties, Military
  • Indians of North America
  • Land grants
  • Medicine
  • Medicine
  • Wills

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Places:

  • United States (as recorded)
  • Ohio River (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • New Jersey (as recorded)
  • Virginia (as recorded)
  • United States (as recorded)

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