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Letter from Robert Carter Nicholas to Rev. John Waring (November 17, 1774)

CONTEXT

In a letter to the Reverend John Waring, dated November 17, 1774, Robert Carter Nicholas reports on the closing of a school in Williamsburg for the children of enslaved African Americans. Waring was the secretary of the Associates of Dr. Bray, the English philanthropic group that had funded the school.

Author: Robert Carter NicholasTranscription Source: John C. Van Horne, ed., Religious Philanthropy and Colonial Slavery: The American Correspondence of the Associates of Dr. Bray, 1717–1777
(Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1985), 324–325.

FULL TEXT

Virginia 17th. November 1774

Revd. Sir.

I have to advise you of the Death of Mrs. Wager, the Mistress of the Negro School at Williamsburg. I could wish to have revived the Charity upon such Terms as would be agreeable to you & the rest of the worthy Associates of Dr. Bray, but seeing no Prospect of it at present, I have discontinued the School, ’till I can receive your farther Directions. The Acct. of what I am in Advance you will receive inclosed, Balance in my favour £11.17.2, for which I have drawn on you in favour of Messrs. Norton & Sons.

Wishing you & the rest of the Associates every Felicity, I remain very respectfully, Revd. Sir, Your most obedient Servant

Ro. C. Nicholas

Enclosure

Account

The Associates of Dr. Bray

Dr. 1773 April 1 To Quarters Salary due this day £ 5. July 1 To ditto … ditto 5. October 1 To ditto … ditto 5. 1774 January 1 To ditto … ditto 5. April 6 To ditto … 5. July 2 To ditto … ditto 5. To paid Mr. [John] Blair [Jr.] a Years Rent due 25th December 1773. 10. August 20 To ditto paid for 7 ½ Months to the time of Mrs. Wager’s death 6. 5. To paid Mat: Hatton her Son in Law for Balance of Salary 1.13.4 £47.18.4 To Balance 15.8.4 Cr. 1773 December By my Exchange to Norton & Son £25. 30 per Cent 7.10 £32.10 Balance 15.8.4 47.18.4 By my Exchange to Norton & Son £11.17.2 30 per Cent 3.11.1 ½ 15.8.3 1/2

Errors Excepted 17th. November 1774.

Ro. C. Nicholas

ADS.

FURTHER READING

Letter from William Yates and Robert Carter Nicholas to Rev. John Waring (September 30, 1762) Letter from Rev. James Marye Jr. to Rev. John Waring (September 25, 1764) Letter from Fielding Lewis to Rev. John Waring (September 14, 1765) Letter from Rev. John Waring to Robert Carter Nicholas (April 20, 1768) Letter from Fielding Lewis to Rev. John Waring (October 31, 1768) Letter from Fielding Lewis to Rev. John Waring (February 1, 1772)

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APA Citation:
Carter Nicholas, Robert. Letter from Robert Carter Nicholas to Rev. John Waring (November 17, 1774). (2020, December 07). In Encyclopedia Virginia. https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/letter-from-robert-carter-nicholas-to-rev-john-waring-november-17-1774.
MLA Citation:
Carter Nicholas, Robert. "Letter from Robert Carter Nicholas to Rev. John Waring (November 17, 1774)" Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities, (07 Dec. 2020). Web. 01 Dec. 2023
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