The dividing line histories of William Byrd II of Westover

The dividing line histories of William Byrd II of Westover

History of the dividing line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina|Secret history of the line

Chapel Hill : Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia, by the University of North Carolina Press, 2013.

xviii, 508 p. : ill., port. ; 25 cm.

320.12 B995 2013

(OCoLC)811591323

After his 1728 Virginia-North Carolina boundary expedition, Virginia planter and politician William Byrd II composed two very different accounts of his adventures. "The secret history of the line" was written for private circulation, offering tales of scandalous behavior and political misconduct, peppered with rakish humor and personal satire. "The history of the dividing line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina," continually revised by Byrd for decades after the expedition, was intended for the London literary market, though not published in his lifetime. Collating all extant manuscripts, Berland edited these two histories & provided wide-ranging historical and cultural contexts for both, helping to recreate the social and intellectual ethos of Byrd and his time--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents: Introduction -- William Byrd II of Westover -- Taking up land -- How the survey was executed -- Accretion, expansion, and amplification -- Byrd among the literary critics and historians -- Textual history -- Byrd's narratives -- The two histories -- Prehistory of the history of the dividing line -- Byrd's revisions -- Editions of the dividing line histories -- Editorial matters -- Editorial method -- Internal evidence -- A note on the illustrations -- The history of the dividing line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina run in the year of our Lord 1728 -- Endnotes to the history of the dividing line -- The secret history of the line -- Introduction -- The secret history of the line -- Endnotes to the secret history of the line.
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