| | Book | Save | | 21 | Title: | History of the dividing line, and other tracts
| | | | Creator: | Byrd, William, 1674-1744 | | | | | Wynne, Thos. H. (Thomas Hicks), 1820-1875 | | | | | Keith, WilliamSir, 1680-1749 | | | | | Gooch, WilliamSir, 1681-1751 | | | | | Virginia Commissioners to lay out the bounds of the northern neck, 1736. | | | | | Virginia. Commissioners on North Carolina Boundary, 1728-1729 | | | | Publication: | s.n.], Richmond, Va,1866. | | | | Notes: | Includes index. Edited by T.H. Wynne. "Edition of 200 copies." | | | | Call #: | F16DA B995 | | | | Extent: | 2 v. : ill., map ; 22 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Tobacco | Iroquois Indians | Virginia -- Boundaries -- North Carolina | North Carolina -- Boundaries -- Virginia | Virginia -- Description and travel | North Carolina -- Description and travel | Great Britain -- Colonies -- North America
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| Book | Save | | 22 | Title: | The writings of "Colonel William Byrd, of Westover in Virginia, esqr."
| | | | Creator: | Byrd, William, 1674-1744 | | | | | Bassett, John Spencer, 1867-1928 | | | | Publication: | Doubleday, Page, New York,1901. | | | | Notes: | One of an edition of 500 copies on specially made paper and 15 copies on imperial Japanese vellum paper. "The original of the catalogue was bought by Willaim Mackenzie, esq., from N. G. Dufief, bookseller, and bequeathed by him ... to the Library Company of Philadelphia. The present copy is itself a copy of a copy made for the late T. H. Wynne and now owned by Mr. R. A. Brock of Richmond, through whose kindness I am able to make this reprint ... It was probably made in 1777 just before the library was sold [and] ... was printed ... Dec. 19, 1777 ..."--Editor's note, p. 413. The library consisted of "near 4000 volumes in all languages and faculties ... great part ... in elegant bindings." | | | | Call #: | F16DA B995W | | | | Extent: | vi p., 2 Á., ix-lxxxviii, 461 p. front. (port.) pl. 27 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Byrd family | Mines and mineral resources -- Virginia | Private libraries -- Virginia -- Westover | Virginia -- Boundaries -- North Carolina | North Carolina -- Boundaries -- Virginia | Virginia -- Description and travel | North Carolina -- Description and travel | Westover (Va.)
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| Book | Save | | 23 | Title: | Journal of a lady of quality: being the narrative of a journey from Scotland to the West Indies, North Carolina, and Portugal, in the years 1774 to 1776
| | | | Creator: | Schaw, Janet, ca. 1731-ca. 1801 | | | | | Andrews, Evangeline Walker. | | | | | Andrews, Charles McLean, 1863-1943 | | | | | British Museum Mss. (Egerton 2423) | | | | Publication: | Yale University Press, H. Milford, Oxford University Press, New Haven, London,1934. | | | | Notes: | Maps on lining-papers. The journal was written by Janet Schaw of Edinburgh. cf. Introd. "The manuscript from which the present text is printed is known as Egerton 2423, and is ... in the British Museum."--p. [1] "Second edition, with additional notes and illustrations." | | | | Call #: | E163 S31 1934 | | | | Extent: | 3 p. l., 349 p. plates, port., maps, facsims. 24 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Martin family | Rutherford family | American loyalists | West Indies -- Description and travel | North Carolina -- Description and travel | Lisbon (Portugal) -- Description and travel
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