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 To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-hist.html