Charles Fenton Mercer correspondence
Language: eng
Subjects: Correspondence; Canals
Description: Letter (1825) and correspondence (1832) regarding loans for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal.  Includes an ALS (1832 December 25) from John Peter Van Ness to Phineas Janney pertaining to the loans.
Notes: Open to research.

Purchase, 1913-1919.

U.S. representative from Virginia, U.S. army officer, and canal official.

Collection material in English.

Forms part of: Miscellaneous Manuscripts collection.

Portion of the collection formerly cataloged under Washington (D.C.) Letters, 1832.