I'm an hour south from both Lynchburg, VA, & Roanoke, VA. Out in rural VA.
I only have a small local public library close but they might have access.
I'll have to investigated it.
Thanks for your help.
Lonny
On Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 10:28 AM Metz, John (LVA) <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Lonny,
>
> The William & Mary Quarterly is available online through JSTOR. I don't
> know where you live, but many libraries and certainly colleges and
> universities have subscriptions.
>
> Good luck,
> John
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lonny Watro <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 10:18 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: [VA-HIST] Anne Cary w/o Robert Carter Nicholas (1728-1780)
>
> About 20 years ago, I vaugly remember reading an old William and Mary
> Quarterly article about Anne Cary, wife of Robert Carter Nicholas
> (1728-1780). The article claimed that during the Revolutionary War she
> carried papers for her husband, Robert Carter Nicholas, because he was too
> ill to travel. I believe she may have successfully crossed enemy lines to
> get the papers to their destination.
>
> Anne's aunt, I think, was Sally Cary wife of George William Fairfax
> (1724-1787).
>
> I've searched my file cabinet looking for a paper copy that I may have
> squirreled away, but no luck.
>
> Any advice on where to start researching this will be very much
> appreciated! Are old Wm & Mary Quarterly's online & searchable now. Fingers
> & toes crossed. Or I'd just settle for the images being online.
>
> Lonny Watro
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