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NICHOLAS, Wilson Cary
1761–1820
Biography
NICHOLAS, Wilson Cary, (brother of John Nicholas and uncle of Robert Carter Nicholas), a Senator and a Representative from Virginia; born in Williamsburg, Va., January 31, 1761; attended the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.; served in Albemarle County Militia during the Revolutionary War; member, State house of delegates 1784-1789; delegate to the State constitutional convention which ratified the Federal Constitution in 1788; member, State house of delegates 1794-1800; elected as a Democratic Republican to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Tazewell and served from December 5, 1799, until May 22, 1804, when he resigned to become collector of the port of Norfolk 1804-1807; elected to the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses and served from March 4, 1807, until his resignation November 27, 1809; Governor of Virginia 1814-1817; died at "Tufton," near Charlottesville, Va., October 10, 1820; interment in the Jefferson burying ground at "Monticello," near Charlottesville.
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Boston Public Library
Boston, MA
Papers:
1 letter.
Columbia University
Rare Book and Manuscript Library
New York, NY
Papers:
3 official letters (August 13, 1802-December 3, 1803) in the DeWitt Clinton collection.
Library of Congress
Manuscript Division
Washington, DC
Papers:
1765-1831. 1,100 items. Correspondence, accounts, invoices, plats, bills of lading, and indentures relating to his career and to family and business matters.
New-York Historical Society
New York, NY
Papers:
1801-1818. 10 letters.
Pierpont Morgan Library
New York, NY
Papers:
1810. 1 item.
University of North Carolina
Southern Historical Collection
Chapel Hill, NC
Papers:
Biographical sketch in Bayne and Gayle family papers, 1821-1963.
University of Virginia
Alderman Library
Charlottesville, VA
Papers:
1751-1850. Ca. 3,000 items. Business, personal and political papers and photographs of a portrait. Finding aid.
Virginia Historical Society
Richmond, VA
Papers:
Miscellaneous items, photographs of portrait, and portrait.
Virginia State Library and Archives
Richmond, VA
Papers:
1814-1816. Ca. 3 feet. Gubernatorial papers and executive letterbook (1813-1816).
Additional Papers:
Miscellaneous papers (1800-1805, 1815-1816); items in Tazewell family papers, 1790-1848; and Tucker-Ewell papers, 1770-1893. Finding aid.
Yale University Libraries
Manuscripts and Archives
New Haven, CT
Papers:
In Southard Hay autograph collection, 1750-1885.
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