| LC control no. | n 85374015 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mercer, Charles Fenton, 1778-1858 |
| Variant(s) | Mercer, C. F. (Charles Fenton), 1778-1858 Mercer, Mr. (Charles Fenton), 1778-1858 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Mercer Colony (Tex.) |
| Birth date | 1778-06-16 |
| Death date | 1858-05-04 |
| Place of birth | Fredericksburg (Va.) |
| Place of death | Virginia |
| Field of activity | Colonization |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House |
| Profession or occupation | Lawyers Legislators |
| Found in | NUCMC data from New Jersey His. Soc. for His Papers, 1816-1854 (Mercer, Charles Fenton, 1778-1858; U.S. congressman from Virginia) LC data base, 3-11-86 (hdg.: Mercer, Charles Fenton, 1778-1858) United States. Congress. House. Committee on Roads and Canals. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. January 2, 1828. Mr. Mercer, from the Committee on Roads and Canals, made the following report ... 1828. His Speech of Mr. C.F. Mercer, on the subject of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, 1823. Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Mercer, Charles Fenton; M.A. Princeton, 1800; lawyer Aldie, Va.; member Va. House of Delegates; officer during War of 1812; representative from Va.; b. 6/16/1778; d. 5/4/1858) Handbook of Texas Online, May 8, 2017 Mercer, Charles Fenton (Texas empresario; born in Fredericksburg, Va.; elected to the U.S. House of Representatives ... and served in that office from Mar. 4, 1817, until his resignation on Dec. 26, 1839; became interested in Texas colonization; Jan. 29, 1844, he received an empresario contract from President Sam Houston for a colony; returned to ... Virginia where he died at Howard, near Alexandria) |
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