Mercer, George, 1733-1784 (SC 90)

Authors

Manuscripts & Folklife Archives, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Publication Date

1-21-2009

Comments

This collection is archived in Manuscripts & Folklife Archives at Western Kentucky University; 270-745-6434; mssfa@wku.edu

Abstract

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) only for Manuscripts Small Collection 90. Letter written by George Mercer from London, England, to his brother, James, in Virginia, in which he discusses his role as agent for the Ohio Company, the educating of Virginians in London, and a 1758 debt owed to him by George Washington. Mercer served under Washington in the French and Indian War. Includes research notes concerning the letter and the Mercer family.

Disciplines

European History | History | United States History

Recommended Citation

Folklife Archives, Manuscripts &, "Mercer, George, 1733-1784 (SC 90)" (2009). MSS Finding Aids. Paper 1604.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/dlsc_mss_fin_aid/1604