The history of the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina
Language: English
Date: 1728
Contributor: Byrd, William, 1674-1744 | Trist, Nicholas Philip, 1800-1874
Subject: Botany | Folklore | Geography | Health | Religion | North Carolina--History | Travel | Virginia--History | Warfare | South Carolina--History
Type: Text
Genre: Maps | Travel narratives
Extent: 1 volume
Description: A finished copy, probably earlier than the Westover manuscript, from which this varies slightly. Byrd interpolated into the narrative of his tour remarks on Indian customs, religion, warfare, trade, in addition to observations on his Saponi guides. Several pages added in 1817 in hand of Nicholas Trist. Printed (from Westover manuscript) in Boyd (1929). See also Woodfin (1944).
Collection: The history of the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina Mss.975.5.B99h