The commonplace book of William Byrd II of Westover / edited by Kevin Berland, Jan Kirsten Gilliam, and Kenneth A. Lockridge.

The commonplace book of William Byrd II of Westover / edited by Kevin Berland, Jan Kirsten Gilliam, and Kenneth A. Lockridge.

"William Byrd II (1674-1744) was an important figure in the history of colonial Virginia: a founder of Richmond, an active participant in Virginia politics, and the proprietor of one of the colonoy's greatest plantations. But Byrd is best known today for his diaries. Considered essential d...

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Main Author: Byrd, William, 1674-1744
Contributors: Berland, Kevin, Gilliam, Jan Kirsten, Lockridge, Kenneth A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, [2001]
Series:Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Byrd, William, > 1674-1744.
Commonplace books.
Plantation owners > Virginia > Biography.
Gentry > Virginia > Biography.
Gentry > Virginia > Attitudes > History > 18th century.
Nobility > Virginia > Biography.
Nobility > Virginia > Attitudes > History > 18th century.
commonplace books.
Virginia > Social life and customs > To 1775.
Genre/Form:Biography, Biographies
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