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Mercedes

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Mercedes (mĕrsā`thēs), city (1996 pop. 39,139), capital of Soriano dept., SW Uruguay, a port on the Río Negro. An agricultural and livestock center, the city has a shipyard and several fine beaches and resorts. Tourism is an important industry. Mercedes was founded in 1781. It has a famous cathedral.
Mercedes 

a city in Argentina, in the province of Buenos Aires. Population, 26,000 (1960). It is a railroad junction. Mercedes is one of Argentina’s leading centers for the production of refined lead.

Mercedes 

a city in southwestern Uruguay and the capital of the department of Soriano. Population, 31,300 (1963). It is a port on the Negro River, where freight from ocean vessels is transferred to river boats. Mercedes is linked by railroad with Montevideo. It is the trade center of a livestock-raising region. The city has shipyards and is a climatic health resort.
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Mercedes continually fluttered in the way of her men and kept up an unbroken chattering of remonstrance and advice.
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Navy, 1839; The Pathfinder, or the Inland Sea, 1840; Mercedes of Castile, 1841; The Deerslayer, or the First Warpath, 1841; The Two Admirals, 1842; The Wing-and-Wing (Jack o Lantern), 1842; The Battle of Lake Erie, or Answers to Messrs.
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I intended to proceed to Colonia del Sacramiento, situated on the northern bank of the Plata and opposite to Buenos Ayres, and thence, following up the Uruguay, to the village of Mercedes on the Rio Negro (one of the many rivers of this name in South America), and from this point to return direct to Monte Video.
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