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Machine-readable finding aid derived from MARC record, created by Rebecca Barnhart, 04/29/2008 Description is in English 2013-11-21 Converted to schema conforming EAD by dtd2schema.vh.xsl. A Guide to the William Byrd II letter to William Blathwayt, 1715 June 27 A Collection in the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation`sJohn D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library MS 2001.14

John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation 2008 Special Collections Staff John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation Descriptive Summary John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation William Byrd II letter to William Blathwayt 1715 June 27 MS 2001.14 On site. 1 item. English Byrd, William, 1674-1744 Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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Preferred Citation

William Byrd II letter to William Blathwayt, Manuscript #MS 2001.14, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

Acquisition Information

Purchase, 2001

Biographical/Historical Information

William Byrd II born at Westover Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia, and studied law at Felsted School, England,. He was a member of the King's Counsel for 37 years. He returned to the Colony following his schooling in England, and lived on his plantation, Westover Plantation. He was the founder of Richmond and provided the land where the city was laid out in 1737.

Scope and Content

Letter from William Byrd II in London to William Blathwayt in Virginia. Byrd is glad to hear Blathwayt is recovering from distemper. The bulk of the letter concerns the issue before the Council of Virginia regarding quitrents.

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1 item.

Index Terms Persons: Byrd, William, 1674-1744 Blathwayt, William, 1649?-1717 Subjects: Distemper Geographical Names: Virginia-Politics and government-To 1775