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[Unknown author]. Notes on Mercer family

Description
A collection of over 120 letters, manuscripts, and documents (previously bound in three-quarter calf and paper-covered boards by "Seton Bookbinder Edinburgh" (Robert Seton III, 1844-1905)) related to James F. Mercer and his death at Fort Oswego, New York, in 1756 and the settling of his estate after his death..
Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
[undated]
Call number
mssMercer
Creator
Mercer, James Francis (-1756)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Purchased by the Library Collectors' Council from William Reese Company, January 20, 2018. The letters were preserved by William Mercer's grandson, son of George Depster Mercer, the Treasurer of Hong Kong, a member of the Asiatic Society, and a minor author. It was then acquired by Eric C. Caren.
Associated people
Craven, Charles. (-1760.)
Grahame, James, (1713-1803.)
Lewis, Francis, (1717-1786.)
Mercer, William, (1717-1788.)
Robertson, James, (1736-1818.)
Sayre, Stephen,
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