Ledger, 1771-1775 : Fredericksburg, Virginia.

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Ledger, 1771-1775 : Fredericksburg, Virginia.

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General Hugh Mercer, who settled at Fredericksburg, Va. after serving on Braddock's Expedition and becoming a friend of George Washington, was killed at the battle of Princeton in 1777. In 1771 he became the partner of Dr. Ewen Clements and they opened a shop for drugs and medicines. By 1772, John Julian had become Mercer's partner. The ledger kept during the years of partnership with Clements and Julian in Fredericksburg and ends before Mercer entered upon a military career in 1775. About 315 Virginia families were attended by Mercer, who notes visits and prescriptions, as well as fees charged. Among his patients were Mary Ball Washington, the mother of George Washington; Charles Washington, his younger brother; Col. Fielding Lewis; James Madison; Col. Thomas Ludwell Lee; John, Henry, and William Fitzhugh; Col. John Thornton; Dr. John Brockenbrough; Mercer's brother-in-law, Capt. George Weedon; and James Taylor Page and Mann Page. The entries center in 1771 and 1772, with notations on a division of each account between Dr. Clements and Dr. Mercer. At the end of 1772, the ledger gives an idea of the

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Page, Mann, 1749-1781

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Mann Page (1749–1781), sometimes referred to as Mann Page III, was an American lawyer, politician and planter from Spotsylvania County, Virginia, who served in the House of Burgesses and first Virginia House of Delegates as well as a delegate for Virginia to the Continental Congress in 1777. Born at Rosewell Plantation in Gloucester County in the Colony of Virginia, Page studied under a private teacher before graduating from the College of William and Mary, studying law, and being admitted t...

Fitzhugh, William, 1741-1809

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Lewis, Fielding, 1725-1781 or 1782

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Virginia planter; brother-in-law of George Washington; member of the House of Burgesses and Committee of Correspondence. From the description of ALS : Fredericksburg, Va., to George Washington, 1776 Mar. 6. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 145506936 ...

Washington, Mary Ball, 1708-1789

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Mary Washington (née Ball; born sometime between 1707 and 1709 – August 25, 1789), was the second wife of Augustine Washington, a planter in Virginia, and the mother of George Washington, the first President of the United States, and five other children. Washington lived a large part of her life in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where many monuments were erected in her honor and a university plus other public buildings bear her name....

Weedon, George, 1734-1793

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George Weedon was born in late 1734 in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Weedon was appointed an ensign in the Virginia militia during the French and Indian War and rose to the rank of lieutenant in 1757 and to the rank of captain lieutenant in 1762. After the war, he moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia, and married Catharine Gordon (d. 1797). He operated a tavern in Fredericksburg. Weedon was appointed a lieutenant colonel in the 3rd Virginia Regiment in January 1776 and received a commission in the...

Madison, James, 1751-1836

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James Madison (1751-1836) was the fourth president of the United States, born in Port Conway, Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia legislature from 1776 to 1780 and from 1784 to 1786, and the Continental Congress from 1780 to 1783. His proposals at and management of the Constitutional Convention in 1787 earned him title "father of the U.S. Constitution." He cooperated with Alexander Hamilton and Jay in writing a series of papers (pub. 1787-88 under title of The Federalist) explaining the ne...

Washington, George, 1732-1799

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George Washington (b. Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland County, Va.-d. Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, VA) was the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. Washington came from a family of farmers and landowners. He had little education but showed an aptitude for mathematics. He used this talent to become a surveyor. At 15, Washington took a job as assistant surveyor on a team sent to map the Shenandoah Valley in western Virginia. In his early 20s, Washington joined the Virgin...

Washington, Charles, 1738-

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Brother of George Washington. From the description of ALS : Stafford County, Va., to George Washington, [1789 Jan. 7]. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122580918 ...

Lee, Thomas Ludwell, 1730-1778

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Thomas Ludwell Lee, a delegate from Stafford County to the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1776, was a member of "a committee appointed to prepare a Declaration of Rights, and such plan of government as will be most likely to maintain peace and order in this colony, and secure substantial and equal liberty to the people." From the description of Letter, 1776 May 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122602279 ...

Clements, Ewen.

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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...

Brockenbrough, John, 1774-1852

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John Brockenbrough was born in 1774 in Essex County, Virginia. He later moved to Richmond and became President of the Bank of Virginia. He was the original owner of the house that became known as the "White House of the Confederacy." From the description of Deed, 1833 January 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122647312 ...

Julian, John.

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Page, James Taylor.

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Fitzhugh, John, -1826

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Naval officer and physician. From the description of John Fitzhugh papers, 1819-1820. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79147109 ...

Fitzhugh, Henry, 1723-1783.

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Tobacco planter, of "Bedford," Stafford County, Va. From the description of Papers, 1746-1789. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 19647066 ...

Thornton, John T., -1862

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Lawyer and Confederate officer. From the description of Papers of John Thruston [manuscript] 1849-70. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647952381 ...