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 >> The Library of Virginia >> [log in to unmask] >> >> Visit the Library of Virginia's web site at http://www.lva.lib.va.us >> >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions >> at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html >> >> To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions >> at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html >> > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html