Mercer Street is a street in theNew York Cityborough ofManhattan. It runs north to south throughGreenwich Village andSoHo neighborhoods, fromEast 8th Street past WestHouston Street toCanal Street. The street was previously calledFirst Street andClermont Street, but was renamed in 1799 forHugh Mercer,[1] a Scottish-Americanbrigadier general who died at theBattle of Princeton,[2] which came about due to his advice toGeorge Washington to march on Princeton.[3]
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