There are three Wm Byrd Diaries in print The Secret Diary of William Byrd, 1709-1712, Edited by Louis B. Wright and Marion Tinling, Dietz Press, Richmond Virginia, 1941. The London Diary, 1717-1721, and Other Writings, William Byrd of Virginia, Edited by Louis B. Wright and Marion Tinling, Ox ford University Press, New York, 1958. Another Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover, 1739-1741, Edited by Maude H. Woodfin, Translated and Collated by Marion Tinling, The Dietz Press, Inc., Richmond, Virginia, 1942. My interest in those diaries was becasue of The Rev. Charles Anderson, his wife and children feature prominently in the secret diaries of William Byrd,II. Both men had an interest in and practiced the medical cures of the early eighteenth century, often consulting each other. William Byrd once comments in his diary on how the Rev. had "fixed" his watch using the full weight of sarcasm. Charles was a frequent dinner partner of William Byrd,II. Byrd commonly stopped at Charles Anderson's home whenever traveling west along the north bank of the James River. Byrd mentions making his boat available for the Rev Charles to cross the river for services. Charles Anderson, was an occasional guest preacher at other Virginia churches and is recorded in Byrd's diary as preaching at Bruton Church in Williamsburg, Virginia on one occasion before Governor Spotswood, who according to Byrd, was favorably impressed. Byrd comments frequently upon attending church and "Mr. Anderson preached a good sermon." It should be noted that Frances Anderson, Charles' widow and William Byrd lived near each other for more than a decade after the death of their spouses and that Byrd's subsequent diaries reflect that well after that period the daughters of Charles Anderson were still frequent guests at Westover. Regretably Byrd's diaries from 1722-1738 have not been found, or perhaps not published. If I ever write my great romance novel of the early 18th century I cannot think of a better scandalous topic than the possible conduct of the Virginia Colonial Treasurer, William Byrd II and the Minister's widow. On December 25, 1739 all of the daughters of the Rev. Charles Anderson were present at the Westover Plantation Manor House for dinner with William Byrd,II. Patrick J. Anderson http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=patanderson 9654 Baltimore Avenue, Laurel, Maryland 20723