A Guide to the Francis Nicholson Papers, Addition One, 1695-1765.
A Collection in
the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation's
John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library
Manuscript Number MS 86.10
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Francis Nicholson Papers, Addition One, Manuscript # MS 86.10, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Acquisition Information
Purchase, 1986.
Biographical/Historical Information
Francis Nicholson was a member of the Council for the Dominion of New England and in 1688 was commissioned lieutenant governor of the Dominion. Served as lieutenant governor of New York (1688), lieutenant governor of Virginia (1690-1692), governor of Maryland (1694-1698), governor of Virginia (1698-1705) governor of Nova Scotia (1713-1717), and governor of South Carolina (1721-1725. He was a fellow of the Royal Society.
Scope and Content Information
This collection contains letters, 1696-1724, written to Francis Nicholson as governor of Maryland and South Carolina by the Bishop of London (Henry Compton) concerning Anglican ministers, and citing the example of Virginia [College of William and Mary?] in advising him about his school in Maryland (King William's School, later St. John's University, Annapolis); by the Archbishop of Canterbury (William Wake) advising him not to return to England to answer imputations; by Walter Cary concerning court politics, [Sir Robert?] Walpole, and the death of Sir Charles Cook; by Peter H[?] discussing French events; by [?] Jackson concerning the loss of a ship; by Elloys Knight, recounting a journey; by E[lizabeth] Sa[vage] on plots against King William III, and mentioning [William] Pen[n] as an enemy of Nicholson; and by an unidentified person detailing a conspiracy against the king by trying to affect the election of sheriffs of London and Middlesex. There are also papers, 1731-1765, that concern the will of Francis Nicholson in which he left his estate to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts including letters of David Humphrey, M. Howard, Jacob Henderson, and a legal opinion of P[hillip] Yorke.
Arrangement
Items arranged chronologically.
Index Terms
- Cary, Walter.
- Compton, Henry, 1632-1713.
- Cook, Charles, Sir.
- Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764.
- Henderson, Jacob, ca. 1681- 1751.
- Humphreys, David, 1689-1740.
- Knight, Elloys.
- Penn, William, 1644-1718.
- Savage, Elizabeth.
- Wake, William, 1657-1737.
- Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745.
- College of William and Mary.
- Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts (Great Britain).
- St. John's University (Annapolis, Md.)
- Evangelicalism --Church of England --History --18th Century.
- Governors -- Maryland.
- Governors -- South Carolina.
- Great Britain --History --William and Mary, 1689-1702.
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Related Materials at the John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library:
See also MS 43.4, the Francis Nicholson Papers, 1680-1721.
Significant Places Associated With the Collection
- Great Britain --History --William and Mary, 1689-1702.