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11 Σεπ 2019 · The secret diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1709-1712 by Byrd, William, 1674-1744. Publication date 1941 Topics Virginia -- Social life and customs Publisher Richmond, Va., The Dietz press Collection internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled Contributor Internet Archive Language English
Source 2: The Secret Diary of William Byrd II (1709-1711) William Byrd II (1674-1744) inherited a fortune and assumed a place among the Virginia elite after his father's death in 1704. Byrd kept substantial diaries that provide insight into the life of the slaveholding gentry in colonial Virginia.
The secret diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1709-1712 / edited by Louis B. Wright and Marion Tinling Byrd, William, 1674-1744. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc1.b3624088
“secret diary” of the years 1709-1712, written while he was in his late thirties. Written in a shorthand style developed in the 1670s, the diary was not “translated” and published until the 1940s. Byrd’s day-to-day entries seem formulaic at times ⎯ he records his meals, the weather, his studies, and whether he
26 Αυγ 2024 · Byrd kept a secret diary that was not decoded and published until the twentieth century, but it, together with his other writings, made him the most-written-about Virginian between Captain John Smith and George Washington.
William Byrd (Virginia), diary extracts (1709-1712) Wright, Louis B., and Tinling, Marion, eds. The Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1709-1712. Richmond: Dietz Press, 1941. April 9, 1709. I rose at 5 o'clock and read a chapter in Hebrew and 150 verses in Homer. I said my prayers devoutly and ate milk for breakfast. My wife and I had
15 Ιουλ 2024 · A transcription from the original shorthand of the first part of Byrds̓ diary now in the Henry E. Huntington Library. Parts covering the period from December 13, 1717, to May 19, 1721, and from August 10, 1739, to August 31, 1741, are located in the Virginia Historical Society and the University of North Carolina Library respectively. cf. Introd.
