The Commonplace Book of William Byrd II of Westover

From: The Journal of Southern History | Date: November 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

The Commonplace Book of William Byrd II of Westover. Edited by Kevin Berland, Jan Kirsten Gilliam, and Kenneth A. Lockridge. (Chapel Hill and London: Published by the University of North Carolina Press for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, c. 2001. Pp. [xvi], 319. $39.95, ISBN 0-8078-2612-X.)

William Byrd II of Westover, Virginia, was born in the colonies in 1674 and died there in 1744, but he was sent to England for his education at the age of seven. Except for a brief visit to Virginia in 1696, he continued to live in England until his return to the colonies ...

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