1To James Madison from Hugh Mercer, 17 January 1828 (Madison Papers)
My very high respect & esteem & personal attachment for you, make it my Duty to say, that a Day or two before I left home on the 3d. Inst, to attend the late Convention at Richmond, I received a letter from Mr Monroe in concluding a Correspondence on the Subject, mentioning that your views accorded fully with his own, in desiring to be excused by the convention from serving on the electoral...
2Hugh Mercer to James Madison, 2 November 1833 (Madison Papers)
Altho’ you have heard from mr allen on the Subject, yet I cannot forego the Pleasure I feel in saying also to you, that our board will have especial satisfaction in making you the loan you spoke of to mr allen, under contingencies which might happen & which you were desirous to provide for— No State of our bank can ever exist, I am satisfied, when the board would not have particular...
3To James Madison from Hugh Mercer, 23 August 1825 (Madison Papers)
I beg you to indulge me in sending you this letter, & to express the regret I felt at being obliged to leave so abruptly the easy & refined Hospitality of Montpelier, in my late Visit to you & Mrs Madison, & especially too as the pleasure of that visit was so highly enhanced to me by the Society of Him, whom every Section of our Country has been emulous in honoring, but whom, alas! we shall,...
4To James Madison from Hugh Mercer, 27 July 1827 (Madison Papers)
Mr Jos. W. Farnum the junior professor in the academy of this place, intending to pass the ensuing month of vacation in travelling beyond our mountains for Health & improvement, is desirous of paying his respects to you & Mrs Madison in the progress of his journey, & has requested a letter of Introduction from me. Mr Farnum is a native of Providence, Rhode Island—he has resided some years in...
5Hugh Mercer to Thomas Jefferson, 7 August 1821 (Jefferson Papers)
I beg the privilege of introducing to you, Dr John Cullen , who will have the pleasure of handing you this Letter— Dr Cullen has been in our Country about six years, residing chiefly in Philadelphia ; & has been here several weeks, delivering in part a course of Lectures on Chymistry, to be completed on his return from a visit to the Springs —He is desirous to pay his respects to you on his...