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The writings of "Colonel William Byrd, of Westover in Virginia, esqr"

Book digitized by Google from the library of University of Virginia and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. · lxxxviii, 461 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : 26 cm · Title in red and black · "One of an edition of 500 copies on specially made paper and 15 copies on imperial Japanese vellum paper"--Title page verso · The catalog of the library at Westover was probably made in 1777 just before the library was sold and appears to have been published in December of that year--Footnote, p. 413-14 · Preface -- Introduction: The Byrd family in Virginia -- History of the dividing line [between Virginia and North Carolina] run in the year 1728 -- Appendix [documents]. A journey to the land of Eden [on the Dan and Irvin rivers] anno 1733. A progress to the mines in the year 1732. Miscellaneous letters -- Appendix A.A catalogue of the books in the library at Westover belonging to William Byrd, Esq. -- Appendix B. Genealogy · Has index

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