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John Francis Mercer Letter, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.

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Scope and Contents

John Francis Mercer, Fredericksburg, Virginia to an unknown person where he talks about military debts and how the change in the value of currency will affect planters and their crops, especially those of corn and tobacco.  January 20, 1781.  Transcript included.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Claims
• United States--Revolutionary War--1775-1783