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to James Mercer

Written by Washington a month after the adjournment of the first Continental Congress to Mercer as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. Informs Mercer of the cost of purchases made for him in Frederick, Maryland including £29 for a slave...

GLC06335

to James Mercer

Written one month before taking his oath of office as the first United States President, Washington attempts to collect a debt owed by the estate of James' father John Mercer. States that he was formerly promised repayment by James' brother, Colonel...

GLC04860

to Charles Fenton Mercer

Asking Mercer to repay him for a prior debt, as he is badly in need of money. "My estate also having been badly managed in my absence makes the inconvenience the greater, as even for my current expenses here I can derive little aid from it, at this...

GLC08985

to Henry Knox

Discusses the Constitutional Convention. Relates that Daniel Jenifer, Daniel Carroll, and James Mercer are expected to arrive in a few days to represent Maryland. Writes, "Eleven states are represented, but we proceed slowly - I am unable to form any...

GLC02437.03563