Papers of Wilson Cary Nicholas, 1765-1831 (bulk 1765-1820).

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Papers of Wilson Cary Nicholas, 1765-1831 (bulk 1765-1820).

Correspondence, accounts, invoices, plats, bills of lading, indentures, and other papers, chiefly 1765-1820, relating to Nicholas' political and military careers and to family and business matters. Family members represented include Nicholas' father, Robert Carter Nicholas, his brothers, George, John, and Philip Norborne Nicholas, and his nephews, Miles Littlejohn and George P. Stevenson. Correspondents include William Berkeley, Joseph C. Cabell, Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Jacob Kinney, Moses Myers, Spencer Roane, Thomas Rutherford, Henry Tazewell, and Charles Webb.

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Nicholas, John, 1761-1819

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John Nicholas was born in Williamsburg, Virginia. He was the son of Robert Carter Nicholas, brother of Wilson Cary Nicholas, governor of Virginia, and George Nicholas, attorney-general of Kentucky. A lawyer by training, Nicholas was elected to Congress as a Republican in 1793 serving Virginia until 1801. In 1803, he moved to Geneva in New York. Nicholas was elected to the state senate in 1806 and served for three years. He served as judge of the court of common pleas of Ontario, New York until h...

Littlejohn, Miles.

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Nicholas, George, 1754?-1799

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Virginia politician and Kentucky pioneer. Member of the Kentucky Constitutional Convention (1792). Kentucky's first attorney general. From the description of Papers, 1788-1890. (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52248875 Public official in Virginia and Kentucky and army officer. From the description of Report of George Nicholas, 1777. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452862 ...

Rutherford, Thomas James

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Stevenson, George Pitt, 1760?-1819

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Tazewell, Henry, 1753-1799

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Jurist and U.S. senator from Virginia. From the description of Henry Tazewell papers, 1795-1999 (bulk 1795-1798). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980578 Lawyer, judge, and U.S. Senator from Va. From the description of Letter, 1798 July 5. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 28395132 From the description of Letter, 1798 July 5. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 28395134 ...

Roane, Spencer, 1762-1822

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Virginia lawyer, legislator and Judge of the Supreme Court of Appeals; co-founder of the Richmond Enquirer. From the description of Letter James Madison [manuscript], 1801October 4. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647988940 Spencer Roane (1762-1822) was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1782, became a judge in 1789, and was elected to the Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals in 1794 where he served for twenty-seven years. From the description of Commissi...

Nicholas, Robert Carter, 1728-1780

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Member, Virginia House of Burgesses and Virginia House of Delegates, judge. From the description of Letter, 1773 August 27, Williamsburg, Va., to an unidentified recipient [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647825639 Epithet: Commissioner of Excise British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000216.0x0000dd Virginia public official. From the description of Receipt ...

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826

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Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American statesman and third president of the United States. From the description of Thomas Jefferson letter, 1809. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 367818629 Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was the third president of the United States, born in Goochland (now Albemarle County), Virginia. He was a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses from 1769 to 1775, and with R. H. Lee and Patrick Henry initiated the inter-colonial committee of correspond...

Webb, Charles Richard, 1939-

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Nicholas, Philip Norborne, 1775?-1849

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Berkeley, William, fl. 1803-1807.

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Cabell, Joseph C. (Joseph Carrington), 1778-1856

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Public official of Virginia and businessman. From the description of Joseph C. Cabell correspondence, 1853. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79452442 Legislator from Virginia. From the description of Joseph C. Cabell papers on the founding of the University of Virginia, 1810-1857. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71067601 Aided Jefferson in founding University of Virginia. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Warminster, to Thomas Je...

Nicholas, Wilson Cary, 1757-1820.

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Wilson Cary Nicholas, from Albemarle County, Virginia, fought in the Revolution, and became a politician, serving in the Virginia General Assembly, 1784-89, 1794-1799, as a U.S. senator, 1799-1804, and as a congressman, 1807-1809. He was governor of Virginia from 1814-1816, and a close associate of Jefferson. From the description of Papers, 1800-1805, 1815-1816. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122609119 The son of Robert Carter Nicholas (1728-1780) and Anne Cary Nicholas (173...

Kinney, Jacob.

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Myers, Moses

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