[85] Ledger G (original at Bucks County Historical Society)
covers the period 1744-1750, with some entries in 1751 and a
few summary accounts covering Mercer's career. Further
footnoted references to this ledger will be omitted. Charles
Carter lived at "Cleve" in King George County, near Port
Royal, fronting on the Rappahannock. See FAIRFAX HARRISON,
"The Will of Charles Carter of Cleve," _VHM_ (Richmond,
1923), vol. 31, pp. 42-43.
[86] Sydenham & Hodgson was a London mercantile firm,
represented in Virginia by Jonathan Sydenham. Mercer
identified the firm in Ledger G as "Merchants King George"
and noted in his journal on January 20, 1745, that he visited
at "Mr. Sydenham's." In 1757 the two men were referred to
elsewhere as "Messrs. Sydenham & Hodgson of London." See
"Proceedings of the Virginia Committee of Correspondence,
1759-67," _VHM_ (Richmond, 1905), vol. 12, pp. 2-4.
[87] Extensive research has been conducted by Colonial
Williamsburg, Inc., on the forms of vehicles used by such
Virginians as Mercer and his contemporaries.