The Great American Gentleman
Author : William Byrd
Publisher : New York : Putnam
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,31 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Virginia Social life and customs To 1775
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Author : William Byrd
Publisher : New York : Putnam
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 20,31 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Virginia Social life and customs To 1775
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Author : William Byrd
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Page : 249 pages
File Size : 47,65 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Virginia
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Author : William Byrd
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Page : 249 pages
File Size : 45,58 MB
Release : 1963
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Page : pages
File Size : 35,86 MB
Release : 1963
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Author : William Byrd
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Page : 268 pages
File Size : 47,33 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Virginia
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The biography of William Byrd, hailed as the American Pepys reveals the life of a great gentleman in early America and a rich slice of what the country was really like in the early 1700's.
Author : Wright
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Page : pages
File Size : 50,23 MB
Release : 1962
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Author : Kevin Joel Berland
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 12,53 MB
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0807839116
William Byrd II (1674-1744) was an important figure in the history of colonial Virginia: a founder of Richmond, an active participant in Virginia politics, and the proprietor of one of the colony's greatest plantations. But Byrd is best known today for his diaries. Considered essential documents of private life in colonial America, they offer readers an unparalleled glimpse into the world of a Virginia gentleman. This book joins Byrd's Diary, Secret Diary, and other writings in securing his reputation as one of the most interesting men in colonial America. Edited and presented here for the first time, Byrd's commonplace book is a collection of moral wit and wisdom gleaned from reading and conversation. The nearly six hundred entries range in tone from hope to despair, trust to dissimulation, and reflect on issues as varied as science, religion, women, Alexander the Great, and the perils of love. A ten-part introduction presents an overview of Byrd's life and addresses such topics as his education and habits of reading and his endeavors to understand himself sexually, temperamentally, and religiously, as well as the history and cultural function of commonplacing. Extensive annotations discuss the sources, background, and significance of the entries.
Author : William Byrd
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Page : 670 pages
File Size : 18,19 MB
Release : 1941
Category : Gentry
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A transcription from the original shorthand of the first part of Byrd's diary now in the Henry E. Huntington Library. Parts covering the period from December 13, 1717, to May 19, 1721, and from August 10, 1739, to August 31, 1741, are located in the Virginia Historical Society and the University of North Carolina Library respectively. cf. Introd.
Author : William Byrd
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Page : 590 pages
File Size : 11,29 MB
Release : 1901
Category : Mines and mineral resources
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Author : L. B. Wright
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File Size : 19,71 MB
Release : 1963
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