Mercer (James F.) Papers

Box 1

1736-1756

Box 1, Folder 1

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1736, Sep. 17

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Bergen, Belgium.

Box 1, Folder 2

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to Jean Lindsey Mercer 1742, Mar. 7

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Kingston, Jamaica.

Box 1, Folder 3

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to Jean Lindsey Mercer 1742, Aug 9

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Kingston, Jamaica.

Box 1, Folder 4

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1749, Oct. 12

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London, England. Torn; fragile.

Box 1, Folder 5

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1751, Apr. 16

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 6

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1752, Jan. 16

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 7

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1752, Jan. 25

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 8

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1752, [Nov. 30]

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 9

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1752, Dec. 30

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 10

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1753, Mar. 10

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 11

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1753, Apr. 10

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 12

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1753, Apr. 26

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 13

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1754, Apr. 23

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 14

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 [1754, Apr.]

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 15

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1754, May 7

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 16

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1754, June 4

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 17

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1754, Aug. 12

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Paris, France.

Box 1, Folder 18

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1754, Aug. 20

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London, England. Damaged.

Box 1, Folder 19

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1754, Sep. 7

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London, England. Damaged.

Box 1, Folder 20

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1754, Oct. 10

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 21

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1754, Oct. 12

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 22

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1754, Oct. 29

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 23

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1754, Nov. 2

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[London, England.]

Box 1, Folder 24

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1754, Nov. 5

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[London, England.]

Box 1, Folder 25

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1754, Nov. 9

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Portsmouth, England. Damaged.

Box 1, Folder 26

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1754, Nov 12

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 27

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1754, Nov. 19

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 28

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1755, Jan. 10

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York, Va.

Box 1, Folder 29

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1755, Feb. 18

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Boston, Mass.

Box 1, Folder 30

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1755, Mar. 10

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 31

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1755, Mar. 25

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 32

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1755, Apr. 29

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 33

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1755, May 15

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London, England. With stub.

Box 1, Folder 34

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to James Grahame, -1760 1755, June 9

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New York, N.Y. Damaged.

Box 1, Folder 35

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1755, June 9

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New York, N.Y. With stub.

Box 1, Folder 36

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1755, July 22

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 37

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1755, Aug. 20

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Oneida, N.Y. Damaged.

Box 1, Folder 38

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1755, Sep. 10

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Oswego, N.Y.

Box 1, Folder 39

Kotson (?), M (?) Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1755, Sep. 22

Box 1, Folder 40

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1755, Nov. 15

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 41

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1755, Dec. 20

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London, England. With stub.

Box 1, Folder 42

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [James Francis Mercer, -1756] 1756, Jan. 13

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 43

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1756, Jan. 24

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Oswego, N.Y.

Box 1, Folder 44

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1756, Feb. 14

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 45

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to James Grahame, -1760 1756, Feb. 24

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Oswego, N.Y.

Box 1, Folder 46

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1756, Mar. 14

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Oswego, N.Y. Damaged.

Box 1, Folder 47

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1756, Mar. 16

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 48

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1756, Apr. 29

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 49

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1756, May 13

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 50

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1756, May 26

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London, England. On verso: accounts.

Box 1, Folder 51

Mercer, James Francis, -1756. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1756, July 8

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[Oswego, N.Y.] Damaged.

Box 1, Folder 52

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1756, Sep. 7

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 53

[Unknown author]. Document re: James Francis Mercer's leaving all of his effects to James Robinson, his servant 1756, Sep. 27).

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Québec, Québec. Signed by five witnesses.

Box 1, Folder 54

Robertson, James, 1717-1788. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1756, Sep. 30

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Albany, N.Y.

Box 1, Folder 55

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1756, Nov. 9

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London, England. With stub.

Box 1, Folder 56

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1756, Nov. 13

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London, England. With note.

Box 1, Folder 57

Austin, Joseph. Letter to Colin Drummond 1756, Nov. 17

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Plymouth, England.

Box 1, Folder 58

Drummond, Colin. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1756, Nov. 19

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Megginch Castle, Perthshire, England.

Box 1, Folder 59

Robertson, James, 1717-1788. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1756, Nov. 26

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Totnes, England.

Box 1, Folder 60

Drummond, Colin. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 [1756, Nov.]

Box 1, Folder 61

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1756, Dec. 14

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London, England.

Box 1, Folder 62

[Austin, Joseph]. Letter to Colin Drummond [1756]

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Damaged.

Box 1, Folder 63

[Austin, Joseph]. Document re: effects left at New York by James Francis Mercer [1756]

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With stub. On verso: note.

Box 1, Folder 64

Grahame, James, -1760. Account of the Capture of Oswego, 14 August 1756: manuscript [after 1756]

Box 2

1757-1872 and undated

Box 2, Folder 1

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1757, Jan. 15

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 2

Lewis, Francis, 1713-1802. Letter to G. Graham 1757, Feb. 22

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 3

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1757, Feb. 26

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London, England. With cover sheet with note

Box 2, Folder 4

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1757, Apr. 9

Box 2, Folder 5

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1757, July 9

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 6

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1757, Aug. 25

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 7

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1757, Dec. 20

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 8

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1758, Mar. 18

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 9

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1758, May 23

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 10

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1758, July 27

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 11

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1758, Aug. 15

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London, England. Attached: accounts.

Box 2, Folder 12

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1758, Sep. 5

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 13

Grahame, James, -1760. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1759, Jan. 2

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London, England. Attached: notes re: Sir William Douglas and family.

Box 2, Folder 14

Douglass, Andrew. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1760, June 3

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 15

Shyne (?), Robert. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1760, June 12

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 16

Douglass, Andrew. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1760, June 17

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London, England. Attached: accounts and letter by George Mercer Henderson (?) to "My dear Sir," 1864, July 7.

Box 2, Folder 17

Douglass, Andrew. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1760, June 18

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 18

Douglass, Andrew. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1760, June 28

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London, England. Attached: accounts.

Box 2, Folder 19

Douglass, Andrew. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1760, July 10

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 20

Douglass, Andrew. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1760, July 17

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London, England. Attached: accounts.

Box 2, Folder 21

Douglass, Andrew. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1760, Dec. 20

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London, England. Torn.

Box 2, Folder 22

Douglass, Andrew. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] [1760]

Box 2, Folder 23

Douglass, Andrew. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1761, Aug. 27

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London, England. Damaged; with repairs.

Box 2, Folder 24

Douglass, Andrew. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1762, May 25

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London, England. Following the above is a copy of a letter to Andrew Douglass re: James Francis Mercer, -1756 and copy of reply of William Mercer, 1717-1786.

Box 2, Folder 25

Craven, Charles. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1762, Nov. 2

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London, England. Damaged.

Box 2, Folder 26

Craven, Charles. Letter to Andrew Douglass 1762, Nov. 16

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 27

Douglass, Andrew. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1762, Nov. 23

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 28

Sayre, Stephen, 1736-1818. Letter to Andrew Douglass 1762, Dec. 14

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London, England. Attached: letter by Stephen Sayre, 1736-1818 to Andrew Douglass, Mar. 7. Included: copy of a paragraphy from a letter by Francis Lewis, 1713-1802 to Stephen Sayre, 1736-1818

Box 2, Folder 29

Sayre, Stephen, 1736-1818. Letter to Andrew Douglass [approximately 1762]

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Damaged.

Box 2, Folder 30

[Unknown author]. Document re: James Francis Mercer, -1756 and Charles Craven [1762]

Box 2, Folder 31

Sayre, Stephen, 1736-1818. Letter to Andrew Douglass 1763, July 12

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Damaged.

Box 2, Folder 32

Douglass, Andrew. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1763, July 26

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London, England. Attached: letter, with accounts, by Robert Olyphant to Andrew Douglass, 1763, June 14.

Box 2, Folder 33

Douglass, Andrew. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1763, July 28

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London, England. Attached: receipt and account for James Francis Mercer, -1756, 1762, Dec. 2

Box 2, Folder 34

Douglass, Andrew. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1763, Aug.

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Attached: letter to Andrew Douglass, 1763, Aug. 13)

Box 2, Folder 35

Harrison, Humphrey. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1763, Oct. 26

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Dunkeld, Scotland.

Box 2, Folder 36

Murray, John. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1763, Oct. 29

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Edinburgh, Scotland.

Box 2, Folder 37

Douglass, Andrew. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1763, Nov. 5

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 38

Murray, John. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1763, Nov. 10

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 39

Murray, John. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1763, Nov. 22

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 40

Murray, John. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1763, Dec. 15

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London, England.

Box 2, Folder 41

Murray, John. Letter to [William Mercer, 1717-1786] 1763, Dec. 31

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Dunkeld, Scotland.

Box 2, Folder 42

[Unknown author]. Accounts of James Francis Mercer, -1756 [after 1763]

Box 2, Folder 43

Powell, Matt. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1766, Jan. 7

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London, England. Attached: letter by Andrew Douglass, 1766, Jan. 2.

Box 2, Folder 44

Douglass, Andrew. Letter to William Mercer, 1717-1786 1766, June 20

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Damaged.

Box 2, Folder 45

Gheene (?), John Canni. Letter to Graeme Mercer 1867, Nov. 1

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Crieff, Scotland.

Box 2, Folder 46

[Unknown author]. Notes on Mercer family [approximately 1872]

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On verso: printed item: "Royal Masonic Institution for Boys," 1872, Apr.

Box 2, Folder 47

[Unknown author]. Index of Letters [undated]

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Not a complete list of letters.

Box 2, Folder 48

[Unknown author]. Index of Letters [undated]

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Not a complete list of letters.

Box 2, Folder 49

[Unknown author]. Notes on Mercer family [undated]

Box 2, Folder 50

[Unknown author]. Fragment re: Oswego [undated]

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1 fragment. On verso: printed item.

Box 2, Folder 51

[Unknown author]. Loose fragment re: Hector Monro [undated]

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1 fragment.

Box 2, Folder 52

Front flyleaves [undated]

Box 2, Folder 53

Back flyleaves, supports, threads and endbands [undated]

Box 3

Papers relating to the first settlement and capture of Fort Oswego, 1727-1756

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Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1849. Bound volume with Mercer escutcheon pasted on the front inner cover.

Box 4

Original binding