Letterbook, 1735-1736.

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Letterbook, 1735-1736.

The letterbook contains draft copies of letters written by William Byrd, II (copies made by various clerks), primarily from "Westover," Charles City County, Va., to a diverse group of London merchants, Virginia and British colonial officials, and family and friends in England. In part, the letters concern family matters; the tobacco trade and Virginia commerce generally; plans for the colonization of Swiss Protestant settlers in the southern colonies; and the Northern Neck Proprietary of Virginia.

1 v. (52 p.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7340214

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, (...