A memoir of a portion of the Bolling family in England and Virginia

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Facsim. of: Richmond, Va. : Printed for private distribution [by] W.H. Wade, 1868. "The order in which the illustrations appeared in the original edition has been changed, and the blank page which appeared after page 12 in the original has not been reproduced.".

1868 publication: "Edition of 50 copies.".

"This memoir was written in the French language by Robert Bolling ... the original became the property of a member of the family, William Robertson, Esq., and in 1803 he gave it to his son, then a youth, as an exercise in translation ... subsequently the translation fell into the hands of John Randolph of Roanoke ... [he] showed his interest in it by inserting explanatory notes, by interlineation. All of these have been retained, and are to be found [on p. 15-48] ..." Robert Bolling (1646-1709) emigrated from England to Virginia and married twice.

Contents: Memoirs of the Bolling family, written by Robert Bolling of Chellowe, Buckingham County, Virginia, translated from the original French manuscript by James Robertson, Jr., son of Wm., 1803.--Notes to the Bolling memoirs.--Appendix.

Includes Kennon, Randolph, Fleming, Washington, Rolfe and other families.

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