1To George Washington from Robert Carter Nicholas, 23 January 1756 (Washington Papers)
...York County in Mar. 1756, and 10 years later he succeeded John Robinson as treasurer of the colony. Though a reluctant revolutionary, Nicholas participated in forming the new state government; and in 1778 he, Edmund Pendleton, and George Wythe were made justices of the High Court of Chancery. See
2To George Washington from Robert Carter Nicholas, 5 January 1758 (Washington Papers)
James Power and George Wythe were prominent lawyers in the colony.
3From Thomas Jefferson to John Harvie, 14 January 1760 (Jefferson Papers)
, 19, from a copy furnished by TJ’s grandson, George Wythe Randolph, of Richmond. Search of the Fogg Autograph Collection in
4[April 1760] (Washington Papers)
). In 1760 Robert Carter Nicholas (1728–1780), a burgess for York County, and George Wythe (1726–1806), the burgess for the College of William and Mary, were already recognized as having two of Virginia’s most talented legal minds.
5[Diary entry: 1 April 1760] (Washington Papers)
). In 1760 Robert Carter Nicholas (1728–1780), a burgess for York County, and George Wythe (1726–1806), the burgess for the College of William and Mary, were already recognized as having two of Virginia’s most talented legal minds.
6[May 1760] (Washington Papers)
Robert Carter Nicholas and George Wythe to GW, 27 May 1760In their reply of 27 May 1760 Robert Carter Nicholas and George Wythe stated they were “sorry to find you are likely to be involved in so much Trouble” and warned GW that they could advise nothing “with any Certainty” (
7[Diary entry: 20 May 1760] (Washington Papers)
Robert Carter Nicholas and George Wythe to GW, 27 May 1760
8[Diary entry: 21 May 1760] (Washington Papers)
In their reply of 27 May 1760 Robert Carter Nicholas and George Wythe stated they were “sorry to find you are likely to be involved in so much Trouble” and warned GW that they could advise nothing “with any Certainty” (
9From George Washington to Robert Carter Nicholas and George Wythe, 21 May 1760 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
to Robert Carter Nicholas and George Wythe, 21 May 1760. On 27 May
10To George Washington from Robert Carter Nicholas and George Wythe, 27 May 1760 (Washington Papers)
From Robert Carter Nicholas and George Wythe