| | Book | Requires cookie* | | 1 | Title: | William Byrd's histories of the dividing line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina
| | | | Creator: | Byrd, William, 1674-1744 | | | | | Boyd, William Kenneth, 1879-1938 | | | | Publication: | North Carolina Historical Commission, Raleigh,1929. | | | | Notes: | The author's "History of the dividing line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina," and his hitherto unpublished "Secret history of the line," which is another version of the same subject matter, are here printed on opposite pages. | | | | Call #: | F16DA B995B | | | | Extent: | xxvii, 341 p. maps (1 fold.) facsims. 25 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Virginia -- Boundaries -- North Carolina | North Carolina -- Boundaries -- Virginia | Virginia -- Description and travel | North Carolina -- Description and travel
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 2 | Title: | History of the South Carolina cession, and the Northern boundary of Tennessee
| | | | Creator: | Garrett, William Robertson, 1839-1904 | | | | | Tennessee Historical Society | | | | Publication: | Southern Methodist publishing house, Nashville, Tenn,1884. | | | | Notes: | Two papers read before the Tennessee historical society, Nov. 8, 1881, and March 18, 1884. The South Carolina cession was a strip of land 12 miles wide and more than 400 miles long, south of the southern boundary of the present state of Tennessee. It was claimed by both South Carolina and Georgia and, pending the settlement of the controversy, was ceded to the United States by the former state in 1781. In 1802 the portion of the strip north of Georgia was granted to that state, and in 1804 the remainder became a part of Mississippi territory, now forming northern portions of Mississippi and Alabama. | | | | Call #: | F30B T297P | | | | Extent: | 32 p. incl. maps. 23 cm. | | | | Subjects: | Tennessee -- Boundaries | Georgia -- Boundaries | South Carolina -- Boundaries -- Georgia | Mississippi -- Boundaries -- Tennessee | Alabama -- Boundaries -- Tennessee | North Carolina -- Boundaries -- Georgia | Kentucky -- Boundaries -- Tennessee | Virginia -- Boundaries -- North Carolina | North Carolina -- Boundaries -- Virginia
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| Book | Requires cookie* | | 3 | 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 | Requires cookie* | | 4 | 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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