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Hugh Mercer, revered as a martyr of American independence, was born in Scotland about 1720, educated as a physician, and emigrated to America in 1747. Congress appointed him a brigadier general in the American Army on June 5, 1776. He was mortally wounded at the Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777, and died in the house then standing near this spot on January 12, 1777.
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Princeton, New Jersey · United States
