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Article: The Commonplace Book of William Byrd II of Westover.(Book Review)
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- The Journal of Southern History
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
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CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 Southern Historical Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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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 after his father's death in 1705. Ten years later he went back to England to represent the colony before Parliament, and he ...