Letters of Hugh Mercer, 1767-1774.

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Letters of Hugh Mercer, 1767-1774.

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Include letter, 1767, from Hugh Mercer to John Morgan, replying briefly to attempt of veterans of the French and Indian War to obtain land for their services, accepting Morgan's offer to correspond with a medical society, relating plans to employ a new method of medical treatment, and remitting payment for books. Also include letter, 1774, to unknown recipient, in which Mercer replies he has sent the recipient's letter for publication, mentions that the governor has declined land warrants for Virginia officers who served in Northern regiments and will allow some surveys on the Ohio River. He urges his correspondent to present his case for the surveys to Lord Dunmore.

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Morgan, John, 1735-1789

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Physician. From the description of Memorial of John Morgan, 1779. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451271 American physician. From the description of Autograph letters signed (9) : Paris, Rome, London, and Philadelphia, to Sir Alexander Dick, 1763 Nov. 1-1768 Mar. 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270613161 John Morgan was a Philadelphia physician and teacher. From the description of Correspondence, 1763-1788. (American Philosophical Society...

Dunmore, John Murray, Earl of, 1732-1809

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Appointed governor of Virginia in 1771. From the description of Correspondence, 1771-1778. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). WorldCat record id: 26923951 Lord Dunmore was the British governor of the Virginia Colony, from September 25, 1771 until his departure to New York on New Years Eve, 1776. From the guide to the Land Grant to Ambrose Gatewood, 1773 June 15, (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Governor of New York (1...

Mercer, Hugh, approximately 1725-1777

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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 Ba...