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The History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina is an account by William Byrd II of the surveying of the border between the Colony of Virginia and the Province of North Carolina in 1728. Byrd's account of the journey to survey the contentious border with his chief surveyor William Mayo included such nuggets as the ...
His The History of the Dividing Line, a satirical account of a 1728 survey of the North Carolina–Virginia boundary, for which he was appointed one of the commissioners, is among the earliest colonial literary works, along with his accounts of similar expeditions, A Journey to the…
History of the Dividing Line refers to the lively account, written by Virginia commissioner William Byrd II, of the North Carolina-Virginia boundary line that was surveyed by a joint commission in 1728 because the Carolinas were to be sold to the Crown by their Lords Proprietors.
Dec 31, 2014 · 1. The history of the dividing line between Virginia and North Carolina as run in 1728-29.--v. 2. A journal to the land of Eden: anno 1733. A progress to the mines, in the year 1732. The proceedings of the Commissioners appointed to lay out the bounds of the northern neck, lying between the rivers Potomack and Rappahanock. Anno 1736.
The Westover Manuscripts: Containing the History of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virginia and North Carolina; A Journey to the Land of Eden, A.D. 1733; and A Progress to the Mines. Written from 1728 to 1736, and Now First Published.
May 9, 2011 · The author's History of the dividing line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina, and his hitherto unpublished Secret history of the line, which is another...
Whereas his Secret History of the Dividing Line (published much later in 1929) included satirical portraits of various expedition participants along with several sexual exploits, The History of the Dividing Line was a longer, more public, and somewhat tamer document.
