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Pierre-Paul Le Mercier de La Rivière (10 March 1719 – 27 November 1801) was a French colonial administrator and physiocrat economist. Mercier was a councilor at the Parlement of Paris, intendant at Martinique in the West Indies (1759-1764), and noted advocate of Physiocracy. [1] In 1774, Mercier wrote a letter to Benjamin Franklin proposing to purchase 5,000 tons of Philadelphia flour. [2]
He was born at Saumur, ( Maine-et-Loire) [3] and died in 1801 in Grigny, Essonne [4]
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Pierre-Paul Le Mercier de La Rivière (10 March 1719 – 27 November 1801) was a French colonial administrator and physiocrat economist. Mercier was a councilor at the Parlement of Paris, intendant at Martinique in the West Indies (1759-1764), and noted advocate of Physiocracy. [1] In 1774, Mercier wrote a letter to Benjamin Franklin proposing to purchase 5,000 tons of Philadelphia flour. [2]
He was born at Saumur, ( Maine-et-Loire) [3] and died in 1801 in Grigny, Essonne [4]