The prose works of William Byrd of Westover : narratives of a colonial Virginian / edited by Louis B. Wright.

Main entry:

Byrd, William, 1674-1744.

Title & Author:

The prose works of William Byrd of Westover : narratives of a colonial Virginian / edited by Louis B. Wright.

Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1966.

Description:

vii, 438 pages, plates : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portrait ; 24 cm

Notes:
Originally published in 1841 under title: The Westover manuscripts.
Introduction: William Byrd as a man of letters.--The secret history of the line.--The history of the dividing line.--A progress to the mines.--A journey to the land of Eden.
In English.

ISBN:

9780674731929
0674731921

Subject:

Boundaries
Travel
Virginia Boundaries North Carolina.
North Carolina Boundaries Virginia.
Virginia Description and travel.
North Carolina Description and travel.
Virginie Descriptions et voyages.
Caroline du Nord Descriptions et voyages.
North Carolina
Virginia

Form/genre:

American prose literature
English prose literature

Added entries:

Wright, Louis B. (Louis Booker), 1899-1984, editor.
Byrd, William, 1674-1744. Westover manuscripts.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 15220
Call No.: ID:87-B4502
Status: Available

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