Pierre-Paul Le Mercier de La Rivière (10 March 1719 – 27 November1801) was a French colonial administrator and physiocrat economist. Mercier was a councilor at the Parliament of Paris, intendant at Martinique in the West Indies (1759-1764), and noted advocate of Physiocracy. In 1774, Mercier wrote a letter to Benjamin Franklin proposing to purchase 5,000 tons of Philadelphia flour.
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10 March 1719
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Died |
1118 (aged -602)
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Zodiac | Pisces |
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