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Sources consulted for the biography of:Wilson Cary Nicholas (1761–1820)
Primary Sources
- Birth and death dates on gravestone, Monticello.
- Marriage register, First Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Md.
- John P. Kaminski et al., eds., The Documentary History of the Ratification of the Constitution: Ratification of the Constitution by the States, vols. 8–10: Virginia (1988–1993), 10:1539, 1540, 1556.
- Election to Senate in Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1799–1800 sess., 10.
- Resignation from Senate in Journal of the Senate of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1804–1805 sess., 8–9.
- Elections as governor in Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1814–1815 sess., 61–62, and 1815–1816 sess., 24.
- Annual messages to General Assembly in Journal of the House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1815–1816 sess., 5–8, and 1816–1817 sess., 6–8.
Nicholas Correspondence can be found in:
- Papers of Wilson Cary Nicholas and Papers of the Randolph Family of Edgehill and Wilson Cary Nicholas, both in Small Special Collections Library, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
- Wilson Cary Nicholas Papers, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- Wilson Cary Nicholas Executive Papers, Accession 41612, Record Group 3, Library of Virginia.
- Julian P. Boyd et al., eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson (1950– ).
- J. Jefferson Looney et al., eds., The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series (2004– ).
- William T. Hutchinson et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison (1962–1991).
- Robert J. Brugger et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Secretary of State Series (1986– ).
- Robert A. Rutland et al., eds., The Papers of James Madison: Presidential Series (1984– ).
- David N. Mayer, "Of Principles and Men: The Correspondence of John Taylor of Caroline with Wilson Cary Nicholas, 1806–1808," Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 96 (1988): 345–388.
Secondary Sources
- Elinor Janet Weeder, "Wilson Cary Nicholas, Jefferson's Lieutenant" (M.A. thesis, University of Virginia, 1946).
- Victor Dennis Golladay, "The Nicholas Family of Virginia, 1722–1820" (Ph.D. diss., University of Virginia, 1973).
Obituaries
- Richmond Enquirer, Oct. 17, 1820
- Georgetown, D.C., National Messenger, Oct. 20, 1820
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