HISTORY 3

I. Official port towns in Virginia and origins of

Marlborough 5

II. John Mercer's occupation of Marlborough, 1726-1730 15

III. Mercer's consolidation of Marlborough, 1730-1740 21

IV. Marlborough at its ascendancy, 1741-1750 27

V. Mercer and Marlborough, from zenith to decline,

1751-1768 49

VI. Dissolution of Marlborough 61