William Byrd's Histories of the Dividing Line Betwixt Virgin

ISBN: 0486255530

Author: Byrd, William

Condition: new

A masterpiece of American prose and history, here is an early 18th-century account of surveying expedition. Official, printed account by Byrd on facing pages with private manuscript of secret-history, telling scandals, bawdy exploits of commissioners among Indians, settlers. Map, reproduction of manuscript pages. Introduction by Percy Adams.