The William Byrd Page

( 1764-1744 )
Major Works
The old collection of Byrd's Writings edited by John Spencer Bassett ( 1901 ) was reprinted by Franklin, 1970.
The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A Journey tothe Land of Eden, A. D. 1733; and A Progress to the Mines( 1841 ). Edited by Edmund Ruffin. Byrd's writings were first published in this volume.
The Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1709-1712. Edited by Louis B. Wright and Marion Tinling. Dietz Press, 1941.
Another Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover for the Years 1739-1741. Edited by Maude H. Woodfin, Decoded by Marion Tinling. Dietz Press, 1942. The decoding refers to the transcription of Byrd's shorthand. This second volume includes 'Letters and Literary Exercises of William Byrd, 1696-1726' as well as some other selections including A Discourse Concerning the Plague and a satirical piece, 'The Female Creed.'
The London Diary, 1717-1721, and Other Writings. Edited by Louis B. Wright and Marion Tinling. Oxford, 1958.
The Prose Works of William Byrd of Westover. Harvard, 1966.

About Byrd
Kenneth A. Lockridge, The Diary and Life of William Byrd II of Virginia, 1674-1744. North Carolina, 1987.
Pierre Marambaud, William Byrd of Westover. Virginia, 1971.
Westover, Byrd's Plantation
William Byrd and His History of the Dividing Line

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