[129] John Mercer's Land Book, loc. cit. (footnote 12).
[130] Purdie & Dixon's _Virginia Gazette_, September 26,
1766.
[131] John Clement Fitzpatrick, ed., _The Writings of George
Washington_ (Washington: U.S. Government Printing Office,
1931), vol. 1, p. 318.
[132] "Journals of the Council of Virginia in Executive
Sessions, 1737-1763," _VHM_ (Richmond, 1907), vol. 14, p. 232
(footnote).
[133] _The George Mercer Papers_, op. cit. (footnote 51), p.
190.
[134] Ibid., p. 179.
[135] "Proceedings of the Virginia Committee of
Correspondence 1759-67," _VHM_ (Richmond, 1905), vol. 12, p.
4.
[136] _The George Mercer Papers_, op. cit. (footnote 51), p.
213.