1Bond of Wilson Cary Nicholas, Thomas Jefferson, and Thomas Jefferson Randolph to the Second Bank of the United States … (Jefferson Papers)
, as plaintiffs, and Robert Carter Nicholas,
2Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 14 July 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
robert Carter Nicholas was employed by his uncle
3To James Madison from Wilson Cary Nicholas, 28 July 1815 (Madison Papers)
...happy restoration of peace, has caused all those whose patriotism alone induced them to engage in the military service of their country, to resume their former occupations. Of that number is my son Robert Carter Nicholas, lately a Lt. Col in the army of the U.S. When the war commenced he had lately returned from Italy, where he had been twelve or eighteen months, with a very large property...
4Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 5 August 1819 (Jefferson Papers)
to work for the benefit of the estate under the direction of his sons Robert Carter Nicholas and
5Wilson Cary Nicholas to Thomas Jefferson, 2 April 1817 (Jefferson Papers)
for his son Robert Carter Nicholas (Wilson Cary Nicholas to TJ,
6To Thomas Jefferson from Wilson Cary Nicholas, 14 April 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
is likely to obtain one of the most important of those appointments, Turner I know well and am confident Robert Carter Nicholas is a man of superior understanding, and cou’d discharge the duties of any office that Mr. Turner is fit for. It wou’d be a want of candour in me not to inform you that Mr. Turner...
7To James Madison from Wilson Cary Nicholas, 23 November 1816 (Madison Papers)
Robert Carter Nicholas, nephew of Wilson Cary Nicholas, entered the army in 1808 and by 1814 was colonel of the Nineteenth Regiment of Infantry. He was transferred to the Eighth Regiment of Infantry in May 1815 (
8To Thomas Jefferson from Wilson Cary Nicholas, 31 May 1803 (Jefferson Papers)
at 14 June. Enclosures: (1) Joseph H. Daveiss to Wilson Cary Nicholas, Lexington, 27 May, endorsing Robert Carter Nicholas, a personal acquaintance, as a man of integrity, “very clear understanding,” and a remarkable “power of judgment” (