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Nicholas, Robert Carter

lawyer, jurist, public official, was born in 1715 in Hanover, Va. He represented James City in the house of burgesses of Virginia when very young. He continued in that position until the house of delegates was organized in 1777; and was a member of that body until 1779, when he was appointed a judge of the high court of chancery, and subsequently of the court of appeals. He was treasurer of the colony from 1776 to 1777; and in 1773 was a member of the committee of correspondence. He died in 1780 in Hanover, Va.

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