Virginia, Vol. 3 of 5

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Excerpt from Virginia, Vol. 3 of 5: Rebirth of the Old DominionHarry flood byrd was barely forty years old when elected governor of Virginia, being one of the youngest in the long list Of executives Of the state during one and a half centuries. As governor he at once instituted a large number Of constitutional reforms, which were confirmed by popular vote in June, 1927. Some account of these reforms is given in Volume II of the present history Of Virginia.It is doubtful if any family of Colonial Virginians has been more persistently productive of men talented for professional, business and public life. Governor Byrd is the seventh genera tion from the first William Byrd of Westover, whose son, William Byrd II, has been called the founder of Richmond.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.