Fellow Virginia Researchers:
I recently sent a version of the following post to the Southside-Virginia
Rootsweb list where we have been discussing the much maligned, but much
enjoyed book "Albion's Seed", and the ever popular diaries of William Byrd.
I though it would be of interest here. Some of these websites, like Jeff
Weaver's New River Notes, and the LOC's American Memory Collection, have been
mentioned here before. Perhaps the other has also.
Janet Hunter
Hello Everyone,
I started this email message a couple of weeks ago when we were discussing
"She-Britons) and wanted to add a couple of other websites and couldn't find
one, and, well I forgot about it until the unforgettable Wm Byrd II came up
today.. Anyway, the text of William Byrd's the DIVIDING LINE diaries is
online in complete form at the URL below for a website with alot of online
histories..
First....There are many online, out of print, expired copyright books being
placed online. In addition to the numerous examples I give below from
www.webroots.org, I recommend a thorough search at the Library of Congress
Memory collection, and the New River Notes E-Books links:
The Library of Congress American Memory's Collection Finder Link is here:
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/finder.html
In addition to history books, this Library of Congress website is an
incredible site, in particular pointing out again the Religious Petitions
Collection, which has images of the original petitions AND THE SIGNATURES
around the time of the Revolution and after when the new country was trying
to sort out the relation between church and state, review parish
organization, etc., etc.
That link is here: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/repehtml/repehome.html
Go to "Browse by Geographic Location" and they list what's there for the
counties
The E-Books link at Jeff Weaver's great New River Historical Notes website is
here:
http://www.ls.net/~newriver/books.htm
If you haven't been, here is the home page...Start at the top and make sure
you go all the way to the end to get the full range of offerings
http://www.ls.net/~newriver/nrv.htm
Now this new website I found, with classics such William Byrd's "Dividing
Line", "Travels of Captaine John Smith in Two Volumes:", "The Conquest of the
Old Southwest" ...
The home page is here: www.webroots.org
The site map is here: http://www.webroots.org/browsenread/index.html
And these are some of the things I found there:
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/wmhotdl0.html
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 by William Byrd, and Now
First Published, edited by Edmund RuffinPublished: Petersburg, Printed by
Edmund and Julian C. Ruffin, 1841
Snippet from the above to make you smile; the caps are mine: "September 18th.
For the pleasure of the good company of Mrs. Byrd, and her LITTLE GOVERNOR,
MY SON I went about half way to the falls in the chariot. There we halted,
not far from a purling stream, and upon the stump of a propagate oak picked
the bones of a piece of roast beef. By the spirit which that gave me, I was
the better able to part with the dear companions of my travels, and to
perform the rest of my journey on horseback by myself.
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/ghov1-00.html (Volume I)
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/ghov2-00.html (Volume II)
The Travels of Captaine John Smith in Two Volumes: The Generall Historie of
Virginia, New England & The Summer Isles [published 1624]; Together withThe
True Travels, Adventures and Observations [published 1630], and A Sea Grammar
[published 1627], by Captain John Smith.
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/dotds000.html
Description of the Dismal Swamp and a proposal to drain the swamp, byWilliam
Byrd, written between 1728-37. Edited by Earl Gregg SwemPublished: Metuchen,
N.J., printed for C. F. Heartman, 1922
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/sgaodfr0.html
The Stranger's Guide and Official Directory for the City of
Richmond(Virginia). Showing the Location of the Public Buildings and Offices
ofthe Confederate, State and City Governments, Residences of the
PrincipalOfficers, etc.Published: Richmond, Geo. P. Evans & Co., 1863
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/tcotos00.html
The Conquest of the Old Southwest: The Romantic Story of the Early Pioneers
into Virginia, the Carolinas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, 1740-1790,by Archibald
HendersonPublished: New York, The Century Co., 1920
http://www.webroots.org/library/usatrav/allitrm0.html
A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains [in 1873], by Isabella L. BirdPublished:
G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York, 1881
http://www.webroots.org/library/usatrav/citds000.html
Canoeing in the Dismal Swamp, by John Boyle O'ReillyPublished: Boston, Pilot
Publishing Company; Athletics and Manly Sport,1890, Pages 350-452
"The Dismal Swamp is an agony of perverted nature. It is Andromeda, not
waiting for the monster, but already in his grasp, broken and silent under
the intolerable embrace. The Lake of the Dismal Swamp is the very eye of
material anguish. Its circle of silvery beach is flooded and hidden, and
still the pent-up water, vainly beseeching an outlet, is raised and driven in
unnatural enmity to the roots of the tall juniper, cypress, and gum trees,
that completely surround its shore."
(And one wonders what went wrong with the Dismal Swamp Company?????)
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/ribgdva0.html
Richmond in by-gone days; being reminiscences of an old citizen,by Samuel
MordecaiPublished: Richmond, Virginia., G. M. West, 1856
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/howvc000.html
Histories of 58 West Virginia Communities, by many authorsPublished:
WebRoots, March 2002
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/cobmd000.html
The Chronicles of Baltimore; being a complete history of "BaltimoreTown" and
Baltimore City from the earliest period to the present time,by John Thomas
ScharfPublished: Baltimore, Turnbull Bros., 1874
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/homnrs00.html
A History of The Middle New River Settlements and Contiguous Territory,by
David E. JohnstonPublished: 1906, Standard PTG. & Pub. Co., Huntington, W.
Va.Note: Mainly covers Mercer County Virginia, the counties around it,
someother areas of Virginia and West Virginia, from 1654 to 1905
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamilit/roavitw0.html
Recollections of a Virginian in the Mexican, Indian, and Civil Wars,by Dabney
Herndon MauryPublished: New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1894
http://www.webroots.org/library/usaships/tommac00.html
The Old Merchant Marine: A Chronicle of American Ships and Sailors,by Ralph
Delahaye PainePublished: New Haven, Yale University Press, 1919
"CHAPTER I. COLONIAL ADVENTURERS IN LITTLE SHIPS" and it goes on.
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamilit/tvcasiy0.html
The Virginia Campaign and the Blockade and Siege of Yorktown 1781: Including
a Brief Narrative of the French Participation in the Revolution Prior to the
Southern Campaign, by Colonel H. L. Landers Published: United States
Government Printing Office, Washington, 1931
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/potos000.html
Pioneers of the Old South, A Chronicle of English Colonial Beginnings,by Mary
JohnstonPublished: New Haven, Yale University Press; Toronto, Glasgow, Brook &
Co;London, Humphrey Milford; Oxford University Press; 1918The book covers
the areas of Maryland, Virginia, the Carolinas and Georgia
http://www.webroots.org/library/usatrav/votpc000.html
Voyage of the Paper Canoe: A Geographical Journey of 2500 Miles FromQuebec to
the Gulf of Mexico, During the Years 1874-5, by Nathaniel BishopPublished:
Boston, Lee and Shepard, Publishers; New York, Charles T.Dillingham; 1878
http://www.webroots.org/library/usatrav/hotflia0.html
The History of the First Locomotives in America; From Original Documents and
the Testimony of Living Witnesses, by William H. BrownPublished: New York, D.
Appleton and Company, 1871
http://www.webroots.org/library/usabios/ladojf00.html
The Life and Diary of John Floyd, Governor of Virginia, an Apostle of
Secession and the Father of the Oregon Country, by Charles H. Ambler
Published: Richmond, Richmond Press, 1918 Note: The Diary part covers March
1831 to February 1834
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamilit/mjdtar00.html
Military Journal, During the American Revolutionary War from 1776 to
1783;Describing the Events and Transactions of this Period: With
NumerousHistorical Facts and Anecdotes; To Which Is Added, An Appendix,
ContainingBiographical Sketches of Several General Officers, by James
Thacher, M.D.Published: Boston, Richardston & Lord, 1823
http://www.webroots.org/library/usatrav/titioa00.html
Travels in the Interior of America, in the Years 1809, 1810, and 1811,by John
BradburyPublished: 2nd Edition, London, by Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1819
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/tbotf000.html
The Book of the Fair; An Historical and Descriptive Presentation of the
World's Science, Art, and Industry, As Viewed Through the Columbian
Exposition at Chicago in 1893, by Hubert Howe BancroftPublished: Chicago and
San Francisco, The Bancroft Company, 1893;Edition Cygne Noir, Copy No. 1 of
150
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamilit/nhotar00.html
A Naval History of the American Revolution, by Gardner Weld AllenPublished:
Houghton, Mifflin and Company; Boston and New York, 1913
http://www.webroots.org/library/usatrav/afmiva00.html
A Frenchman in Virginia; Being the Memoirs of a Huguenot Refugee in
1686,Translated by a Virginian, by Fairfax HarrisonPublished: Originally in
1687: Privately Printed, Richmond, Virginia, 1923Note: He also went into
Maryland
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/anvtc000.html
A New Voyage to Carolina, by John LawsonPublished: London, 1709Note: The
voyage was from England to South Carolina then North Carolina.A few
corrections have been made to the original text.
http://www.webroots.org/library/usabios/tuanocn0.html
The Use and Need of the Life of Carry A. Nation, Written by Herself
Published: Revised Edition; Topeka, F.M. Steves & Sons, 1905
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamisc/mepd0000.html
Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds,by
Charles Mackay, L.L. D.Published: 2nd Edition, London, Office of the National
Illustrated Library,1852. First published: London, Richard Bentley, 1841.
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamilit/pgotnky0.html
The Patriots and Guerillas of East Tennessee and Kentucky; The Sufferings of
the Patriots; Also the Experience of the Author as an Officer in the Union
Army; Including Sketches of Noted Guerillas And Distinguished Patriots, by
Major J. A. BrentsPublished: New York, J. A. Brents, Henry Dexter,
Publisher's Agent, 1863
http://www.webroots.org/library/usatrav/oshoalj0.html
Oregon, or A Short History of a Long Journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the
Region of the Pacific by Land, drawn up from the Notes and Oral Information
of John B. Wyeth, One of the Party who left Mr Nathaniel J Wyeth, July 28th,
1832..., by Benjamin WaterhousePublished: Cambridge, Massachussetts, 1833
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/eoast000.html
The Evolution of a State or Recollections of Old Texas Days,by Noah
SmithwickPublished: Austin, Gammel, 1900
http://www.webroots.org/library/usatrav/fatclc00.html
First Across the Continent; The Story of The Exploring Expedition of Lewisand
Clark in 1804-5-6, by Noah BrooksPublished: Charles Scribner's Sons, New
York, 1902
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamilit/iitwoi00.html
Intelligence in the War of Independence Published: United States of America
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/doa00000.html
Dictionary of Americanisms, by John Russell BartlettPublished: First Edition,
Bartlett and Welford, New York, 1848
http://www.webroots.org/library/usanativ/tcoaiit0.html
Studying the Condition of Affairs in Indian Territory and California: A
Report by Prof. Charles Cornelius Coffin Painter, Agent of the Indian Rights
Association Published: Philadelphia, Indian Rights Association, 1888
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamilit/noewoib0.html
Narrative of Events Which Occured in Baltimore Town During the Revolutionary
War, by Robert PurviancePublished: Baltimore, Printed by J. Robinson, 1849
"TO WHICH ARE APPENDED,VARIOUS DOCUMENTS AND LETTERS,THE GREATER PART OF
WHICH HAVE NEVER BEEN HERETOFORE PUBLISHED."
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamilit/mocjsm00.html
The Memoirs of Colonel John S. Mosby, by John Singleton MosbyPublished:
Boston; Little, Brown, and Company, 1917 Note: Served in CSA Army, Virginia
Cavalry, 43rd BattalionNote: We moved the table of contents to the beginning
of the book
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamilit/tdotc000.html
The Day Of The Confederacy; A Chronicle of the Embattled South,by Nathaniel
W. Stephenson (Nathaniel Wright)Published: New Haven, Yale University Press;
Toronto, Glasgow, Brook &Co.; London, Humphrey Milford; Oxford University
Press; 1919
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamilit/doawfs00.html
Diary of the War for Separation, a Daily Chronicle of the Principal Eventsand
History of the Present Revolution, to Which is Added Notes andDescriptions of
All the Great Battles, Including Walker's Narrative of theBattle of Shiloh,
by H. C. Clarke, of Vicksburg, Miss.Published: Augusta, Ga.; Steam Press of
Chronicle & Sentinel, 1862Note: This book came with no table of contents, so
we made our own
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamilit/toarfet0.html
The Testimony of a Refugee from East Tennessee, by Hermann BokumPublished:
Philadelphia, Printed for gratuitous distribution, 1863Note: Author fled the
South during the Civil War
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamilit/alatu000.html
Abraham Lincoln And The Union; A Chronicle of the Embattled North,by
Nathaniel W. Stephenson (Nathaniel Wright)Published: New Haven, Yale
University Press; Toronto, Glasgow, Brook &Co.; London, Humphrey Milford;
Oxford University Press; 1918
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/tdit18c0.html
The District in the XVIIIth Century. History, Site Strategy, Real
EstateMarket, Landscape, &c. As Described by the Earliest Travellers...,
byAlfred J. MorrisonPublished: Printed by Judd & Detweiler, Inc., 1909Note:
Washington D.C. and near-by Virginia area, in the 1700s
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/tro-nc00.html
The Resources of North Carolina: Its Natural Wealth, Condition, and
Advantages, as Existing in 1869, by Bannister, Cowan & CompanyPublished:
Wilmington, N. C.; Bannister, Cowan; 1869 Subtitle: PRESENTED TO THE
CAPITALISTS AND PEOPLE OF THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN STATES.BY BANNISTER, COWAN
& COMPANY,Real Estate and Financial Agents,
http://www.webroots.org/library/usablack/mbamf000.html
My Bondage and My Freedom, by Frederick Douglass. With and Introduction By
James M'Cune Smith Published: New York, Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/tsoj0000.html
The Settlement of Jamestown, by Captain John SmithPublished: 1607?
http://www.webroots.org/library/usablack/seirca00.html
Slavery Era Insurance Registry; A Database of Slaveholders in the States of
AL, AR, GA, KY, LA, MO, MS, NC, SC, VA, and Washington DC, Who Insured Slaves
As Property, With Insurance Companies Licensed to do Business in California
During the Slave Era Published: WebRoots.org (c) March 13 2002 (Very
interesting...Many in Virginia)
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamilit/hatoga00.html
The Hessians and the Other German Auxiliaries of Great Britain in the
Revolutionary War, by Edward J. LowellPublished: New York, Harper and
Brothers, 1884
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamilit/tvc-cw00.html
The Valley Campaigns; Being the Reminiscences of a Non-Combatant While
Between the Lines in the Shenandoah Valley During the War of the States,by
Thomas Almond AshbyPublished: New York, The Neale Publishing Company, 1914
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamilit/confccw0.html
The Conquest of New France, A Chronicle of the Colonial Wars,by George M.
WrongPublished: New Haven, Yale University Press, 1918
http://www.webroots.org/library/usabios/tlocc000.html
The Life of Christopher Columbus From His Own Letters and Journals and Other
Documents of His Time, by Edward Everett Hale Published: Chicago, G.I. Howe,
1891
http://www.webroots.org/library/usarelig/hocbras0.html
History of the Conflict between Religion and Science, by John
WilliamDraperPublished: New York, D. Appleton and Company, 1897; (c) 1874
http://www.webroots.org/library/usamilit/oojfcva0.html
One of Jackson's Foot Cavalry: His Experience and What He Saw During theWar
1861-1865, Including a History of "F Company," Richmond, Va., 21stRegiment
Virginia Infantry, Second Brigade, Jackson's Division..., byJohn H.
WorshamPublished: New York, The Neale Publishing Company, 1912
http://www.webroots.org/library/usanativ/clb00000.html
Custer's Last Battle, by Captain Charles King, U.S.A.Published: Harper's New
Monthly Magazine, Volune 81,August 1890, Pages 378-387
http://www.webroots.org/library/usabios/laaobb00.html
The Life and Adventures of "Buffalo Bill" Colonel William F. Cody, by William
F. Cody Published: 2nd Edition, 1917
http://www.webroots.org/library/usabios/tlotgs00.html
Last of the Great Scouts; the Life Story of Col. William F. Cody ("Buffalo
Bill") as told by his sister, Helen Cody Wetmore Published: The Duluth Press
Publishing Company, Chicago, 1899
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/aholk000.html
History Of Lawrence, Kansas, by Richard Cordley, D.D.Published: E. F.
Caldwell, Lawrence, Kansas, 1895, Lawrence Journal Press. "FROMTHE EARLIEST
SETTLEMENTTOTHE CLOSE OF THE REBELLION." (Much on Quantrill's Raiders).
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/aholk000.html
Andersonville; A Story Of Rebel Military Prisons, by John McElroyPublished:
Toledo, D. R. Locke, 1879Note: A Confederate prison camp in Georgia, also
tells about other camps.This item came to us with no table of contents, so we
made our own
http://www.webroots.org/library/usawomen/tchwfc00.html
The Country Housewife's Family Companion: Or Profitable Directions For
Whatever Relates to the Management and Good Economy of the Domestik Concerns
of a Country Life, According to the Present Practice of the Country
Gentleman's, The Yoeman's, The Farmer's, &Ampc. Wives, in the Counties of
Hertford, Bucks, and Other Parts of England, Shewing How great Savings may be
made in Housekeeping.... by William Ellis Published: London, Printed for
James Hodges, London and B. Collins, Salisbury, 1750
http://www.webroots.org/library/usawomen/tyhcaf00.html
The Young Housewife's Counsellor and Friend: Containing Directions inEvery
Department of Housekeeping. Including the Duties of Wife and Mother,by Mary
Ann Bryan MasonPublished: New York; E. J. Hale & Son, 1875
http://www.webroots.org/library/usawomen/whcoesa0.html
Woman's Half-Century of Evolution, by Susan B. AnthonyPublished: North
American Review #175, December 1902, Pages 800-810
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/sliov000.html
Social Life in Old Virginia Before the War, by Thomas Nelson PagePublished:
New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1897; University Press, JohnWilson And
Son, Cambridge, Mass, U. S. A
http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/joattnc0.html
Journal of a Tour to North Carolina, by William Attmore, 1787, byLida
Tunstall RodmanPublished: Chapel Hill [NC], Published by the University, 1922
Have fun!
Janet Hunter
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