Thanks so much - I just completed A Topping People and it is
outstanding.
Everyone should buy that book and keep it as a valued resource on the
generations leading up to the Revolution, as well as what happened to
the vast fortunes of many of the FFVs.
Alyson
On Nov 12, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Tarter, Brent (LVA) wrote:
> The only reliable biography of William Byrd (1728-1777) is by the late
> Emory G. Evans and was published in volume 2 of the Library of
> Virginia's Dictionary of Virginia Biography (2001), pages 470-472.
> Evans's research found only anecdotal evidence for the death of Byrd
> and
> variant dates for his death, either 1 or 2 January 1777. For a
> decade or
> more I tried to persuade Evans to write a full biography of Byrd,
> but he
> did not undertake the work while completing his recent excellent A
> Topping People.
>
> Brent Tarter
> The Library of Virginia
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> http://www.lva.virginia.gov
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Alyson L. Taylor-White
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> Subject: [VA-HIST] William Byrd III
>
> Can anyone recommend a good biography of William Byrd III?
> Specifically, does anyone know the true particulars of his suicide
> (where, when, and possibly why he took his life).
> Alyson L. Taylor-White
> 804-920-2783
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