What is recorded here
This yellow commemorative plaque records: Hugh Mercer 1726-1777 Jacobite and General in the American Revolutionary War was educated in this college Recorded plaque organisation: Aberdeen City Council.
General Hugh Mercer, a former Jacobite, served as a general in the American Revolutionary War and is remembered for his valor at the Battle of Princeton where he was mortally wounded.
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