LC control no. | nr 92027922 |
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Personal name heading | Nicholas, Robert Carter, 1787-1856 |
Variant(s) | Nicholas, Robert Carter, 1793-1857 Nicholas, Ro. C. (Robert Carter), 1787-1856 Nicholas, Col. (Robert Carter), 1787-1856 |
Found in | His Letter of the Hon. Robert Carter Nicholas, 1839 Letter from the secretary of the Treasury, transmitting a report of the commissioners for the district east of Pearl River, 1806: p. [10] (Ro. C. Nicholas) WwWA, hist. vol. (Nicholas, Robert Carter, senator; b. Hannover, Va., 1793; moved to La. to become sugar planter, 1820; mem. U.S. Senate (La.), 1836-41; sec. of state La., 1843-46; d. Dec. 24, 1857) Jefferson, T. Works of Thomas Jefferson, v. 10: Letter to Ephraim Kirby, the special commissioner on Spanish boundary, July 15, 1803 (Mr. Robert Carter Nicholas of Kentucky, son of the late George Nicholas of that state; the other commissioner) Ancestry, Aug. 24, 2011: Ancestry World Tree (Robert Carter Nicholas; b. 10 Jan. 1787 in Hanover, Va.; d. 24 Dec. 1856 in Terrebonne Parish, La.) America's Historical Newspapers, Aug. 24, 2011: Times-Picayune, New Orleans, La. Dec. 29, 1856 (Robert Carter Nicholas; Col. Nicholas; Captain in the U.S. Army stationed on the Canadian frontier during the War of 1812, later promoted to colonel; for 12 years a senator in Congress; charge d'Affaires to Naples; secretary of the state of Louisiana; superintendent of public education; d. Dec. 24th at his plantation in Terrebonne, about sixty-five years of age) MWA/NAIP files, Aug. 24, 2011 (hdg.: Nicholas, Robert Carter, 1787-1857) |