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Lonny Watro <[log in to unmask]>
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Thank you for the information!

On Wed, Jan 31, 2024, 10:58 AM Brooks, Vincent (LVA) <
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> Since you're a VA resident, if you have a Library of Virginia library
> card, you can access JSTOR free of charge here-
> https://lva-virginia.libguides.com/az.php?a=j
>
> If you don't yet have an LVA library card, you can sign up online here-
> https://www.lva.virginia.gov/about/policies/register_va.htm
> ________________________________
> From: Lonny Watro <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2024 10:42 AM
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Anne Cary w/o Robert Carter Nicholas (1728-1780)
>
> 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
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
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