No the article indicated that Anne Cary Nicholas was sneaking papers behind
British lines to give to the Colonials. I wish I could locate it. I believe
it was in a Wm & Mary Quarterly. It had no references however. It must have
been only a story. Sorry for the misunderstanding.
Lonny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter V. Bergstrom" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 5:35 PM
Subject: Re: Ann Cary Nicholas
>I agree that RCN probably was a reluctant revolutionary, but I am confident
>he
> supported Virginia in the crunch.
>
> I find it highly unlikely that Ann Cary Nicholas was in any way a Tory
> given the
> strong pro-revolution sentiments of her brother Wilson-Miles Cary.
> Moreover her
> sister Mary had been married to Edward Ambler, the brother of Jaquelin
> Ambler
> who succeeded RCN as Treasurer. Her other surviving sister Sarah was
> married to
> George William Fairfax, the long-time friend of George Washington. The
> Cary's
> just don't seem good candidates to be harboring a closet Tory.
>
> Peter V. Bergstrom, PhD
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Lonny J. Watro
> Sent: 17 January 2006 3:32 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Great/Important 18th Century Virginian
>
>
> Robert Carter Nicholas (1728-1780), first Treasurer of Virginia.
> Some call him a fence sitter. Yet those who favored Revolution camed to
> him
> to ask for a day of prayer in the House of Burgess after the Battle of
> Lexington and Concord in 1775. I have read that some felt he was somewhat
> of
> a peace keeper between the two factions. I have also read he never really
> wanted war with the Crown. There was some old Wm & Mary Quarterly that I
> can't locate right now that claimed his wife Anne Cary Nicholas smuggled
> some important papers acrossed British lines for him when he was ill and
> near death at their Hanover County plantation home, Retreat. I do not know
> if this is true or not.
>
> Lonny Watro
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brent Tarter" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 8:20 AM
> Subject: Great/Important 18th Century Virginian
>
>
> The last two weeks we have had some discussions about the greatest or
> most important Virginians of the 19th and 20th centuries. This week
> let's think about the 18th century, including other people than George
> Washington who might very well run away with the prize.
>
> Brent Tarter
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