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Title

Another secret diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1739-1741 : with letters & literary exercises, 1696-1726 / edited by Maude H. Woodfin ; translated and collated by Marion Tinling.

Author

Byrd, William, 1674-1744.

Publication

Richmond, Va. : Dietz Press, 1942.

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Additional Authors

• Woodfin, Maude Howlett, 1891-1948.
• Tinling, Marion, 1904-
• Byrd, William, 1674-1744.

Description

xlv, 490 p., [2] leaves of plates : facsims.; 24 cm.

Alternative Title

• Secret diary of William Byrd of Westover.
• Discourse concerning the plague.

Subjects

• Tobacco > Therapeutic use
• Tobacco > Virginia
• Virginia > Social life and customs > To 1775
• Byrd, William, 1674-1744
• Gentry > Virginia > Biography

Note

• For references to "Tobacco" see indexes, p. 483, 489.
• Transcribed from holographs (the diary in shorthand) in the University of North Carolina Library.
• "Appendix III: A discourse concerning the plague (1721)": p. [411]-443. Here first ascribed to Byrd. For original ed. (A discourse ... by a lover of mankind. London : J. Roberts, 1721) see: Arents: Tobacco, suppl., X, 634.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Call Number

Arents S 2078

LCCN

43001881

OCLC

• 493277
• NYPG83-B69902

Author

Byrd, William, 1674-1744.

Title

Another secret diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1739-1741 : with letters & literary exercises, 1696-1726 / edited by Maude H. Woodfin ; translated and collated by Marion Tinling.

Imprint

Richmond, Va. : Dietz Press, 1942.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Added Author

Woodfin, Maude Howlett, 1891-1948.

Tinling, Marion, 1904-

Byrd, William, 1674-1744. Discourse concerning the plague. 1942.

Added Title

Secret diary of William Byrd of Westover.

Discourse concerning the plague.

Research Call Number

Arents S 2078