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History of the Dividing Line and other tracts [viz. 'A Journey to the Land of Eden,' 'A Progress to the Mines,' 'The Proceedings of the Commissioners appointed to lay out the Bounds of the Northern Neck,' 'An Essay on Bulk Tobacco,' 'Miscellaneous Papers'] . From the papers of W. Byrd [The...

William Byrd · 1866 · Scanned text

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Author
William Byrd
Language
English
Published
1866
Length
83,618 words · about 5 h 51 min
Sections
3 reader sections
Text
Scanned text, read from page scans by OCR; may contain errors
Rights
Public Domain Mark 1.0

 

Contents (3)
  1. Front matter under 1 min
  2. Introduction about 4 h 53 min
  3. Appendix about 58 min

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Front matter

BYRD MANUSCRIPTS. WESTOVER, Va. 1728. Historical Documents FROM THE ©to Bomtnton. No. II. " Gather up the Fragments that remain." No.. HISTORY OF THE DIVIDING LINE AND BtJjer Cracts- FROM THE PAPERS OF WILLIAM BYRD, OF WESTOVER, IN VIRGINIA, ESQUIRE. VOL. I. Hijlory of the Dividing Line. $Mmona, ?a. : 1866. Edition of io Copies. THE pstovg of tit fivita} pa*, BETWEEN VIRGINIA AND NORTH CAROLINA AS RUN IN 1728-29. BY WILLIAM BYRD, OF WESTOVER, IN VIRGINIA, ESQUIRE. Printed from the Original Manuscript. ?».: 1866. Entered according to Aa of Congress in the Year 1866, By THOMAS H. WYNNE, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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