. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 14.âArcheologicai. survey plan superimposed over detail of 1691 plat, showing southwest corner of town developed by Mercer. It can be seen that the mansion founda- tion was in the area near the change of course "by the Gutt between Geo. Andrew's & the Court house," hence in the vicinity of the courthouse site. StafTord Court & home. Swore to the Commission of the Peace," thus becoming a justice of the peace for Stafford County. In the meanwhile, years had gone by, and no action had been taken on the suit in chan
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. Figure 14.âArcheologicai. survey plan superimposed over detail of 1691 plat, showing southwest corner of town developed by Mercer. It can be seen that the mansion founda- tion was in the area near the change of course "by the Gutt between Geo. Andrew's & the Court house," hence in the vicinity of the courthouse site. StafTord Court & home. Swore to the Commission of the Peace," thus becoming a justice of the peace for Stafford County. In the meanwhile, years had gone by, and no action had been taken on the suit in chancery brought in the 1730's to establish Savage's survey of Marlborough as the ofTicial one. During this time, Mercer had continued to build on various lots other than those he owned, "relying on the Lease and Consent of [the feoffees], at the Expense of above Fifteen Hun- dred Pounds, which Improvements would have saved forty ; Finally, "judging the only effectual way to secure his Title would be to procure an Act of General Assembly for that purpose," '"â ' Mercer applied to the Stafford court to purchase the count>''s interest in the town, to which the court agreed on August 11, 1747, the price to be 10,000 pounds of 108 Petition of John Mercer, loc. cit. (footnote 17). 11. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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