Letterbook, 1740-1741.

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Letterbook, 1740-1741.

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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 and friends in England. The letters concern, in part, Swiss Protestant settlers in Brunswick County, Va., and war with Spain.

1 v. (28 p.)

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, (...