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Virginia Convention because he was a "northern Briton", but on 12 September, he was elected Colonel of the Minute Men of
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4759:Continental Currency dollar coin
4744:Women in the American Revolution
2701:"Maine an Encyclopedia - Mercer"
2451:
1981:Stotz, Charles Morse.
1806:MacDougall, Donald John (1917).
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909:. In 1840, he was reinterred in
891:Princeton Battlefield State Park
650:In 1774, George Washington sold
341:and was mortally wounded at the
339:New York and New Jersey campaign
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4854:Sons of the American Revolution
2855:Hugh Mercer: An Unexpected Life
2827:Fischer, David Hackett (2004).
2812:. Kent State University Press.
2801:. The Neale Publishing Company.
2798:The Life of General Hugh Mercer
2795:Goolrick, John Tackett (1906).
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4754:Continental currency banknotes
3842:Staten Island Peace Conference
2571:"Hugh Mercer's Fredericksburg"
2480:"The Crossing (TV Movie 2000)"
2428:The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1756:
1708:. R.Squared Communication, LLC
1706:www.americanhistorycentral.com
1694:
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1446:, includes a dramatization of
1440:In 2000, the television film,
726:. On the New York side of the
571:". It was dismantled in 1760.
492:Pennsylvania Provincial Forces
356:, and studied medicine at the
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5015:People from colonial Virginia
4572:
3548:German supporters of Congress
3246:Massachusetts Circular Letter
1657:
1592:Mercers Bottom, West Virginia
1556:University of Mary Washington
1514:Hugh Mercer Elementary School
1483:The Mercer legacy is secure."
968:. Peale painted a version of
808:featuring Mercer's death and
308:(great-great-great grandsons)
3229:Committees of correspondence
2650:Lee, Francis Bazley (1907).
2542:Lee, Francis Bazley (1907).
2265:Stryker, William S. (1898).
1770:. American Battlefield Trust
1550:Mercer County, West Virginia
1494:
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201:Continental Army (1776–1777)
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4866:Charters of Freedom Rotunda
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3897:Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783
3882:Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1781
3656:Capture of Fort Ticonderoga
3311:Declaration of Independence
3276:Second Continental Congress
2833:. Oxford University Press.
2705:www.maineanencyclopedia.com
1545:Mercer County, Pennsylvania
1516:in Fredericksburg, Virginia
1018:Descendants of Hugh Mercer
903:Christ Church Burial Ground
837:Christ Church Burial Ground
751:Richmondtown, Staten Island
698:Second Continental Congress
549:British General John Forbes
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4749:Financial costs of the war
3256:First Continental Congress
3107:Royal Proclamation of 1763
3052:Second Rockingham ministry
2891:American Revolutionary War
2680:www.buildings.umwblogs.org
2441:Site of Moulder's Battery
2331:. Henry Holt and Company.
2298:Mark Mayo Boatner (1975).
1628:, Fredericksburg, Virginia
1610:
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1144:Hugh Tennant Weedon Mercer
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692:American Revolutionary War
452:
335:American Revolutionary War
253:American Revolutionary War
197:Jacobite Army (1745–1746)
100:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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4955:Continental Army generals
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2976:All men are created equal
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2726:Feirstein, Sanna (2001).
2090:. Macmillan. p. 85.
1835:"The Tale of Two Mercers"
1597:Mercersburg, Pennsylvania
1535:Mercer County, New Jersey
1509:National Park, New Jersey
1477:The Room Where It Happens
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3482:Kingdom of Great Britain
2806:Kwasny, Mark V. (1996).
2046:"Hugh Mercer Apothecary"
1572:Fredericksburg, Virginia
780:
775:Second Battle of Trenton
595:Fredericksburg, Virginia
588:Fredericksburg, Virginia
407:Early life and education
385:Fredericksburg, Virginia
377:Province of Pennsylvania
4598:Ratification Day (1784)
3923:Second Anglo-Mysore War
3607:Northern after Saratoga
3587:New York and New Jersey
3261:Continental Association
3158:Conciliatory Resolution
3017:Pitt–Newcastle ministry
2990:Consent of the governed
2605:Gannett, Henry (1905).
2325:Atkinson, Rick (2019).
2219:Morris, Ira K. (1898).
1956:Lorant, Stefan (1999).
1602:Mercerville, New Jersey
1530:Mercer County, Missouri
1525:Mercer County, Kentucky
1520:Mercer County, Illinois
1032:Reverend William Mercer
428:Jacobite rising of 1745
370:Jacobite rising of 1745
354:Aberdeenshire, Scotland
246:Battle of Fort Duquesne
224:Jacobite rising of 1745
4859:Sons of the Revolution
4588:Treaty of Paris (1783)
3918:Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
3913:Cherokee–American wars
3526:Franco-American Treaty
3381:Philadelphia Tea Party
3351:Treaty of Paris (1763)
3330:Confederation Congress
2923:American Enlightenment
2774:Kenny, Hamill (1945).
2394:Fischer, David Hackett
1860:Lossing, John Benson.
1454:. Mercer is played by
915:Saint Andrew's Society
852:
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584:Hugh Mercer Apothecary
561:William Pitt the Elder
510:, and took command of
483:
391:. He served alongside
358:University of Aberdeen
287:University of Aberdeen
4804:Washington's Birthday
4609:The Federalist Papers
4593:Evacuation Day (1783)
3646:Lexington and Concord
3346:French and Indian War
3286:Olive Branch Petition
2830:Washington's Crossing
2399:Washington's Crossing
2084:Levy, Philip (2013).
1385:Gen. George S. Patton
998:George S. Patton, Jr.
950:Charles Willson Peale
948:A second portrait by
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822:Princeton, New Jersey
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785:Further information:
749:Mercer led a raid on
671:3rd Virginia Regiment
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523:Kittanning Expedition
488:French and Indian War
473:French and Indian War
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455:French and Indian War
453:Further information:
449:French and Indian War
401:French and Indian War
362:Charles Edward Stuart
241:Kittanning Expedition
236:French and Indian War
194:Years of service
84:Princeton, New Jersey
4910:People from Pitsligo
4809:Jefferson's Birthday
4799:Pulaski Memorial Day
3806:Guilford Court House
3457:Continental Congress
3234:Committees of safety
3209:Daughters of Liberty
3204:Virginia Association
2953:Rights of Englishmen
2575:www.battlefields.org
2362:Laurel Hill Cemetery
2009:"History of Lodge 4"
1839:www.battlefields.org
1768:www.battlefields.org
1566:Mercer, Pennsylvania
1505:Red Bank Battlefield
1329:George S. Patton Jr.
1272:George S. Patton Sr.
966:Princeton University
911:Laurel Hill Cemetery
851:marks his gravesite.
845:Laurel Hill Cemetery
630:Marquis de Lafayette
177:Pennsylvania Militia
96:Laurel Hill Cemetery
3937:colony or location)
3892:Newburgh Conspiracy
3751:Sullivan Expedition
3271:Provincial Congress
3062:Fox–North coalition
3001:Settler colonialism
2948:Freedom of religion
2905:American Revolution
2512:on October 4, 2015.
2460:on November 1, 2013
2452:Lowe, Christopher.
2288:, pp. 103–104.
2073:, pp. 105–106.
1587:Trenton, New Jersey
1554:Mercer Hall at the
1540:Mercer County, Ohio
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994:George Smith Patton
970:Battle of Princeton
926:Battle of Princeton
876:Thomas Clarke House
857:Battle of Princeton
826:Battle of Princeton
787:Battle of Princeton
755:St. Andrew's Church
575:American Revolution
528:In the fighting at
525:in September 1756.
364:'s army during the
343:Battle of Princeton
337:. He fought in the
316:Surgeon, apothecary
263:Battle of Princeton
5005:Scottish Jacobites
4839:Semiquincentennial
4764:Libertas Americana
3194:Stamp Act Congress
3084:Acts of Parliament
3057:Shelburne ministry
3027:Grenville ministry
1435:In popular culture
1197:Hugh Weedon Mercer
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1002:Hugh Weedon Mercer
982:John Mercer Patton
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2819:978-0-87338-611-1
2372:978-1-4671-2655-7
2338:978-1-62779-044-4
2255:, pp. 48–49.
2232:978-1-5485-8202-9
2209:, pp. 84–85.
2173:, pp. 47–48.
2161:, pp. 45–47.
2137:, pp. 41–42.
2097:978-1-2500-2314-8
1946:, pp. 28–29.
1606:Mercer, Wisconsin
1585:Mercer Street in
1570:Mercer Street in
1452:Battle of Trenton
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810:George Washington
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634:Revolutionary War
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424:Marischal College
397:provincial troops
393:George Washington
327:brigadier general
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