Commonplace Book Research

The Westover Manuscripts containing the history of the dividing line betwixt Virgina and North Carolina : a Journey to the land of Eden, A.D. 1736 ; and, A Progress to the mines (1841)

This published commonplace book tracks the history of important landmark achievements for the continental United States of America. Author’s seem most likely to track progress made within the developing country, and how people are making major strides towards a unified settlement. This book in specific teaches about how Virginia developed from it’s conception, and what the significance of this country possessed in relation to the developing nation.

https://umaryland.on.worldcat.org/oclc/44493324

Secondary Source/Criticism

https://umaryland.on.worldcat.org/oclc/6581502

There were 74,179 hits when I researched the secondary source. This link seemed the most promising. It is a critique of his diary and it describes his rich history as one of the essential figureheads of the new state of Virginia, as this country was developing. F229 .B9716

Lockridge, Kenneth A. On the Sources of Patriarchal Rage : The Commonplace Books of William Byrd and Thomas Jefferson and the Gendering of Power in the Eighteenth Century. New York University Press, 1992.