The Commonplace Book of William Byrd II of Westover (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia)
Contributors: Kenneth A. Lockridge (Editor)
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: December 3, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780807826126
Subjects: American history: c 1500 to c 1800; Essays, journals, letters & other prose works; United States - Colonial Period; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; Gentry; United States - State & Local - General; Social History; U.S. History - Colonial Period (1607-1775); Social life and customs; History; History - U.S.; History: American; Virginia; USA; Historical - General; Biography & Autobiography / Historical; To 1775; 1674-1744; Biography; Byrd, William; Commonplace-books; Plantation owners
First sentence: At the time of William Byrd II's birth in 1674, Virginia was an emerging British colony inhabited by settlers still putting down roots.