Papers : of the Mercer family, 1760-1833.

Mercer, John Francis, 1759-1821

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John Francis Mercer (May 17, 1759 – August 30, 1821) was an American lawyer, planter, and politician from Virginia and Maryland, who served as Maryland's 10th governor, as well as a member in the Continental Congress, the Virginia House of Delegates, the U.S. House of Representatives, and Maryland State Assembly. Born at Marlborough plantation in Stafford County in the Colony of Virginia, Mercer received his education at home from private teachers before attending the College of William and M...

Mercer, James, 1736-1793

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James Mercer (February 26, 1736 – October 31, 1793), was an American lawyer, military officer, planter, jurist, and politician. Born at his family's Marlborough plantation in Stafford County in the Colony of Virginia, Mercer received a private education suitable as well as access to his father's library, if not the best, then one of the best in the area. Mercer traveled to Williamsburg for higher education under prominent lawyer George Wythe and others, and graduated from the College of Willi...

Carter, George Arthur

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Mercer, Ann

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Smith, Richard M.

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Richard Smith was a merchant of Boston, Mass. who also had an interest in an iron furnace in Salisbury, Conn. and perhaps an adjacent dry goods business. From the description of Business papers, 1761-1795. (Harvard Business School). WorldCat record id: 269600982 Richard and Gilbert Smith were furniture makers and joiners in Canaan, Ct. and later New Marlborough, Berkshire Co., Ma. From the description of Account book, 1796-1811. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat rec...

FitzGerald, John

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Son of Doctor John Fitzgerald. Lived at "Walnut Hill," Nottoway County, Va. near Blacks and Whites, now called Blackstone, Va. From the description of John "Jack" Fitzgerald Papers 1827-1855 1831-1855. (College of William & Mary). WorldCat record id: 624156730 Plantation owner, merchant, and apparently a school official, of Nottoway County, Va. From the description of Papers, 1817-1902. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20769960 ...

Mercer, Charles Fenton, 1778-1858

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U.S. representative from Virginia; president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company. From the description of Papers of Charles Fenton Mercer [manuscript], 1810-1856. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647891379 State legislator and U.S. representative from Virginia. From the description of Papers, 1816-1854. (New Jersey Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70954784 Charles Fenton Mercer (1778-1858), was the son of James Mercer, j...

Mercer family.

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Represented are Charles Fenton Mercer (1778-1858), George Mercer (1733-1784), James Mercer (1736-1793), John Mercer (1704-1768), and John Francis Mercer (1759-1821). From the description of Papers : of the Mercer family, 1760-1833. (Gunston Hall Plantation). WorldCat record id: 30821579 ...

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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James Monroe, fifth president of the United States of America (b. April 28, 1758, Monroe Hall, Virginia-d. July 4, 1831, New York, New York) fought with distinction in the Continental Army, and he practiced law in Fredericksburg, Virginia. As a young politician, he joined the anti-Federalists in the Virginia Convention which ratified the Constitution, and in 1790, an advocate of Jeffersonian policies, he was elected United States Senator. As Minister to France in 1794-1796, Monroe showed strong ...

Mercer, George

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Epithet: Lieutenant -Colonel, ADQMG British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000304.0x0003d9 George Mercer was a member of a wealthy Scottish family. He had a commission in the East India Company's marines and then became a merchant in Calcutta. There he had connections with Charles Swanston and Thomas Learmonth who later settled in Australia. He established himself as a merchant in Edinburgh and, in 1833, on Swanston's...

Mercer, John, 1704-1768

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Born in Dublin, Ireland, John Mercer came to Virginia in 1720 where he built the colonial estate Marlborough (also called Marlboro; at Marlborough Point on the Potomac River, in Stafford County). He was a leading Virginia attorney and lawyer to George Washington, as well as a colonial prosecutor for the King's court of Virginia. Mercer was also a founding member, secretary and general counsel of the Ohio Company of Virginia, a land speculating company that had George Washington as a member. ...