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John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2002 Special Collections staff Web version of the finding aid funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation James Mercer Slave Pass October 29-30, 1771. MS 001771OCT30 1 item. English James Mercer, 1736-1793. Thomas Oliver, fl. 1770-1790. Jonathan Martin, fl. 1771. Administrative Information Access

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James Mercer Slave Pass, Manuscript MS 01771OCT30, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

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Gift, 1975.

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Transcript (TR/00/1771/Oct 30) and microfilm (M-1561) also available.

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James Mercer was a planter and politician of Fredericksburg, Va. He served in the House of Burgesses, General Assembly, the Virginia constitutional convention of 1776, the committee of safety, and in the Continental Congress. He also served as a judge of the general court and of the court of appeals.

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Safe conduct pass for two slaves, "Negro Bobb, coachman & Negro George, postillion", to travel from Fredericksburg, Virginia to Williamsburg "with a coach and six horses". Signed by Mercer's steward, Thomas Oliver. Requests the slaves be afforded hospitality at inns along the way; reverse contains an account of expenses signed by Jonathan Martin.

 Index Terms Persons: Mercer, James, 1736-1793. Oliver, Thomas, fl. 1770- 1790. Martin, Jonathan, fl. 1771. Subjects: Slavery--Virginia--History--18th century--Sources. Travel costs--Virginia--History--18th century--Sources. Geographical Names: Fredericksburg (Va.)--History--18th century-- Sources.