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[Identification of item], in the William Byrd II Papers #118, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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• Byrd, William, 1674-1744.
• Nott, Edward, 1657-1706.
• Virginia--History--Colonial period, circa 1600-1775.

Colonel William Byrd II (1674-1744) was born in Virginia and was a member of the Governor's Council from 1709 until 1744. He authored The History of Dividing, an account of the first survey of the Virginia-North Carolina border.

Consists of two notebooks that contain transcripts of about 92 letters, written by William Byrd II between 1717 and 1724; poems; a short story manuscript; character sketches; an epitaph for Edward Nott's monument; and a diary written in code covering the years from 1739 to 1741.