James Madison Papers
Documents filtered by: Period="Confederation Period" AND Project="Madison Papers"
sorted by: editorial placement
Permanent link for this document:
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-07-02-0196

Receipt of John Francis Mercer, 11 October 1783

Receipt of John Francis Mercer

MS (Morristown National Historical Park, Morristown, N.J.).

Oct. 11. 1783

Recd fm. Loan of the Honble Jas Madison Six hundred Dollars.

John F Mercer1

1. JM and Mercer were in Princeton on 11 October (JCC description begins Worthington Chauncey Ford et al., eds., Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774–1789 (34 vols.; Washington, 1904–37). description ends , XXV, 670–71). The “Dollars” were probably either the currency of Pennsylvania or New Jersey. In a letter of 12 November 1784 to JM, Mercer apologized for his delay in repaying the debt, arranged for the remittance of $400, and promised to discharge the balance as soon as his “Crops can be converted into Cash” (LC: Madison Papers). A part of the debt was still unpaid in 1803 (JM to Mercer, 11 Aug. 1803).

Index Entries

    You Are Looking At

    Source Project
    Madison Papers
    Title
    Receipt of John Francis Mercer, 11 October 1783
    Author
    Mercer, John F.
    Date
    11 October 1783

    Reference

    Cite as
    “Receipt of John Francis Mercer, 11 October 1783,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-07-02-0196. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 7, 3 May 1783 – 20 February 1784, ed. William T. Hutchinson and William M. E. Rachal. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1971, p. 373.]