Ooops sorry. I'm meant to hit forward. Please excuse the personal post.
Lonny
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lonny J. Watro" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2006 8:36 PM
Subject: Re: Great/Important 18th Century Virginian
> Mom,
> A Virginia e-mail list I'm on asked for great 18th Century Virginian's.
> This
> is what I submitted. Read to Dad.
>
> Love,
> Lon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lonny J. Watro" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 3:31 PM
> 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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