Excerpt from The Westover Journal of John A. Selden, Esqr;, 1858-1862: With an Introduction and Notes Captain William Byrd made his fortune in farming, Indian trade, and general development of the then frontier, at what is now the city of Richmond. His removal to Westover was due to two causes: he had become auditor of the colony and felt that he should live nearer the centre of settlements than the falls of the James, and having become one of the leading men in Vir ginia he wished to give his family the advantages Of residence in a better-developed part of the colony. He bought Westover and lived there until his death in 1704. His last days were spent in widowed loneliness, attended only by his faithful housekeeper, Joanna Jarratt,1 and his man, Jean Marat. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.