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John Francis Mercer letters

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Description
Political and personal correspondence of John Frances Mercer. Correspondents include: James Colquhoun, Richard Forrest, Thomas Peabody Grosvenor, John Marshall, Battaile Muse, Richard Dobbs Spaight, and Henry Tazewell.
Type
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Production date
1783-1814.
Call number
mssHM 58270-58279
Creator
Mercer, John Francis (1759-1821)(Opens in new tab)
Additional description
Also included is a fragment of a letter from Henry Lee to John Mercer, son of John F. Mercer (1788-1848)
Provenance
Purchased at Cristie's East, sale 8177, lot 22, Nov. 24, 1998.
Associated people
Colquhoun, James, (active 1796-1800.)
Forrest, Richard, (-1828.)
Grosvenor, Thomas Peabody, (1778-1817.)
Mercer, John, (1788-1848.)
Lee, Henry, (1787-1837.)
Marshall, John, (1755-1835.)
Muse, Battaile, (1750-1803.)
Spaight, Richard Dobbs, (1758-1802.)
Tazewell, Henry, (1753-1799.)
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