George Mercer's Report on Fort Pleasant in Sept 1759
Mercer wrote Bouquet from Fort Pleasant on the South Branch of the Potomac in Virginia on 13 Sept.[1759], saying that he had “been to...
Halley's Comet named in 1759
A Frenchman, Abbé Nicolas-Louis de Lacaille (15 March 1713 – 21 March 1762) during the year of miracles of English victories over the...
Meet John Mercer, father, lawyer and Custis Inheritance
Washington pays his neighbor and lawyer, John Mercer, for help on the Dunbar lawsuit on the Custis estate inheritance 1 Sept 1759. John...
