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Title

Letter : London, to John Custis, Williamsburgh [sic], Va., 1717 Oct. 4.

Author

Byrd, William, 1674-1744.

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Additional Authors

Custis, John, 1678-1749.

Description

1 item (1 p.); 21 cm.

Summary

Holograph signed; relating personal and political news to Custis (author's brother-in-law), including the fact that "we have got both the tob[acc]o law and that about the Indian trade repeal'd."

Subjects

• Custis, John, 1678-1749 > Correspondence
• Byrd, William, 1674-1744 > Correspondence
• Virginia > Politics and government > To 1775
• Tobacco industry > Law and legislation > Virginia > Early works to 1800

Note

• On sheet 33 x 21 cm., folded to 21 x 17 cm., with endorsement (Custis' address) and traces of a seal.
• Mended along old crease lines.

Biography (note)

• Virginia planter, colonial official and author of The history of the dividing line, A journey to the land of Eden and Progress to the mines, all published posthumously in 1841.

Publications (note)

• Published in: The correspondence of the three William Byrds of Westover, Virginia, 1684-1776 / edited by Marion Tinling. 1977. p. 305-306.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

Arents 94-449

OCLC

NYPW95-A7

Author

Byrd, William, 1674-1744.

Title

Letter : London, to John Custis, Williamsburgh [sic], Va., 1717 Oct. 4.

Biography

Virginia planter, colonial official and author of The history of the dividing line, A journey to the land of Eden and Progress to the mines, all published posthumously in 1841. Spent 1715-1720 in England, in part to represent leading members of the Virginia Council of State in a dispute with the governor.

Publications

Published in: The correspondence of the three William Byrds of Westover, Virginia, 1684-1776 / edited by Marion Tinling. 1977. p. 305-306.

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Added Author

Custis, John, 1678-1749.

Research Call Number

Arents 94-449