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William Byrd II letter to William Blathwayt, Manuscript #MS 2001.14, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
Purchase, 2001
William Byrd II born at Westover Plantation in Charles City County, Virginia, and studied law at Felsted School, England,. He was a member of the King's Counsel for 37 years. He returned to the Colony following his schooling in England, and lived on his plantation, Westover Plantation. He was the founder of Richmond and provided the land where the city was laid out in 1737.
Letter from William Byrd II in London to William Blathwayt in Virginia. Byrd is glad to hear Blathwayt is recovering from distemper. The bulk of the letter concerns the issue before the Council of Virginia regarding quitrents.
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