Letter to James Mercer, Fredericksburg
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Title
Letter to James Mercer, Fredericksburg
Collection
Thomas Addis Emmet collection
The Signers to the Declaration of Independence
Virginia. Part II
Names
Harrison, Benjamin, approximately 1726-1791 (Author)
Mercer, James (Addressee)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1782-12-20
Place: Richmond, Va.
Library Location
Manuscripts and Archives Division
Shelf locator: MssCol 927
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Notes
Funding: Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
Content: L. S. 2 pp. 4o
Abstract
Acknowledges receipt of letter of the 16th; is glad to hear of his son's safety with Mercer; he was detained at Berkeley by rain else he would have visited Mercer; he has company himself, twelve in all; thinks he has been too minute in the £119, 5s. 4d sent Mercer by Col. Lowe; Beall is not in jail as was expected; he saw Waller last evening who in tends to [ill] Mercer some papers; other business affairs.
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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11868616
Archives ID: 927
Emmet number: EM. 3904
Archives EAD ID: 276358
Archives Components ID: 1415
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3318e360-6a42-0139-b87e-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to James Mercer, Fredericksburg" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1782. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3318e360-6a42-0139-b87e-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. (1782). Letter to James Mercer, Fredericksburg Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3318e360-6a42-0139-b87e-0242ac110002
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Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library. "Letter to James Mercer, Fredericksburg" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3318e360-6a42-0139-b87e-0242ac110002
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