Letterbook, 1737.

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Letterbook, 1737.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32333207

The letterbook contains draft copies of letters written by William Byrd, II, primarily at "Westover," Charles City County, Va., to a diverse group of London merchants, Virginia and British colonial officials, and family members and friends in England. Letters concern, in part, the tobacco trade; merchant ships "Rappahannock" and "Industry"; Swiss Protestant settlers in Brunswick County, Va.; and medicinal remedies.

1 v. (14 p.)

Virginia Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7340187

Virginia Historical Society Library

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Byrd, William, 1674-1744

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William Byrd II resided at Westover in Charles City County, Virginia. From the guide to the William Byrd Papers, 1728-1729., (John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) Virginia planter William Byrd served as a member of the Virginia Council of the State (1709-1744); he determined the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina. From the guide to the The history of the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina, 1728, 1728, (...

Industry (Ship)

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Voyages: (1) 1699 & 1700 Gibraltar. Capt Nathaniel Grantham. Lizard 15 Jul 1699 - 22 Jul Lisbon - Cap Sprat 29 Feb 1700 - 27 Mar Downs - 'from England' 5 Dec - 26 Dec Cap Sprat. British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : CorporateBody : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000093.0x00013c ...

Rappahannock (Ship)

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