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The new proprietors [of New Jersey] inveigled many over by this tempting account of the country: that it was a place free from those three great scourges of mankind—priests, lawyers, and physicians. Nor did they tell a word of a lie, for the people were as yet too poor to maintain these learned gentlemen.

William Byrd II

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William Byrd II

William Byrd II
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Born: March 28, 1674
Died: August 26, 1744 (aged 70)
Bio: William Byrd II was a British planter and author from Charles City County in colonial Virginia. He is considered the founder of Richmond, Virginia.
Known for:
  1. The History of the Dividing Line
  2. Prose works

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