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The secret diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1709-1712 / edited by Louis B. Wright and Marion Tinling.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks Biog. F 229.B97 A3 1941
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Byrd, William, 1674-1744.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Virginia--Social life and customs--To 1775.
- Virginia.
- Plantation owners--Virginia--Biography.
- Plantation owners.
- Gentry--Virginia--Biography.
- Gentry.
- Gentry--Virginia--Attitudes--History--18th century.
- Medicine.
- Virginia--social life & customs.
- Byrd, William, 1674-1744--Diaries.
- Manners and customs.
- Medical Subjects:
- Medicine.
- Virginia.
- Virginia--social life & customs.
- Local Subjects:
- Byrd, William, 1674-1744--Diaries.
- Genre:
- Tagebuch 1709-1712.
- Diaries.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii pages, 1 leaf, 622 pages 2 facsimile (including frontispiece) 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Richmond, Va., The Dietz Press, 1941.
- Summary:
- A transcription from the original shorthand of the first part of Byrd's diary now in the Henry E. Huntington Library. Parts covering the period from December 13, 1717, to May 19, 1721, and from August 10, 1739, to August 31, 1741, are located in the Virginia Historical Society and the University of North Carolina Library respectively. cf. Introd.
- Contents:
- A transcription from the original shorthand of the first part of Btyrd's diary now in the Henry E. Huntington library. Parts covering the period from December 13, 1717, to May 19, 1721, and from August 10, 1739, to August 31, 1741, are located in the Virginia Historical Society and the University of North Carolina library respectively.
- Introduction.
- Notes:
- Title vignette (coat of arms).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- From the Elise Willing Balch Collection.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Byrd, William, 1674-1744. Secret diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1709-1712.
- OCLC:
- 477232
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