Letterbook, 1719-1742 [microform].

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Letterbook, 1719-1742 [microform].

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Contains primarily the correspondence of the 4th Earl of Orrery (of London, England) with William Byrd concerning the natural history of Virginia, European politics, and Byrd's involvement in the establishment of the boundary line between Virginia and North Carolina. Other correspondents include the 5th Earl of Orrery, Francis Atterbury, Thomas Pidgeon, Jacob Sandford, Elizabeth Spelman, Matthew Prior, and Lord Jeffrey Amherst.

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Atterbury, Francis, 1662-1732

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Epithet: politician and Jacobite conspirator Title: bishop of Rochester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000698.0x000340 ...

Sandford, Jacob.

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Orrery, John Boyle, Earl of, 1707-1762

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English biographer and friend of Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and Samuel Johnson. From the description of Autograph notes : place not specified, 1744 or later. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270534208 ...

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, (...

Pidgeon, Thomas.

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Spelman, Elizabeth V.

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Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721

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English poet. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Hague, to William Blathwayt, "16th or 17th in the Morning." (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270619084 From the description of Receipt for his pension (incomplete) signed : Whitehall, 1696 June 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270619097 From the description of Autograph letters signed (11) : Westminster, to Sir Thomas Hanmer, 1706 Aug. 8-1716 Nov. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270619089 Fr...

Orrery, Charles Boyle, earl of, 1674-1731

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Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797

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British army officer. From the description of Papers of Jeffery Amherst, Baron Amherst, 1759-1762. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71062467 English field-marshal. From the description of Document signed : Office of Ordnance [London], 1773 Mar. 9. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132562 Army officer and governor general of British North America. From the description of Jeffery Amherst, Baron Amherst, papers, 1759. (Unknown). WorldCat record id...