Mercedes, in Argentina, (1) a city 61 miles by rail W. of Buenos Ayres, with a free library and hospital, soap-factories and steam-mills, and 8000 inhabitants (many Irish); and (2) a town 55 miles by rail ESE. of San Luis city, with 6000 inhabitants. (3) Mercedes is also the name of the capital (4000) of Soriano province, in Uruguay.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 138
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