Memoir of the Bolling Family

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Contents 1 Memoir of the Bolling Family 1.1 Available online at these locations 2 Summary 3 Comments

Memoir of the Bolling Family

• Edition by Thomas H. Wynne (1820-1875) of a manuscript written in 1764 in French by Robert Bolling (1738-1775), translated in 1803 by John Robertson (1787-1873), with some interlined annotations by John Randolph of Roanoke (1773-1833).
• Published Richmond, VA, 1868
• Citation Example:

<span id="Bolling"></span>Bolling, Robert (1764). ''[[Space:Memoir of the Bolling Family|Memoir of the Bolling Family]]'', ed. Thomas H. Wynne (1868).

• Footnote Examples:

<ref>[[#Bolling|Bolling]] (1764). p. [https://archive.org/stream/memoirofportiono00inboll#page/23/ 23]</ref> (when citing the MS)

<ref>[[#Bolling|Wynne]] (1868). p. [https://archive.org/stream/memoirofportiono00inboll#page/72/ 72]</ref> (when citing Wynne's editorial)

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Ostensibly, at least, this book consists of a printed edition of an old manuscript, with extensive annotations and additions by the editor. These endnotes and appendices account for most of the book.

The core MS is thus a book within a book, occupying only pages 1-12, including its own title page. This could make for very long-winded repetitive pedantic citations, along the lines of

• Bolling, Robert (1764). "Memoirs of the Bolling Family", trans. John Robertson (1803), in A Memoir of a Portion of the Bolling Family in England and Virginia, ed. Thomas H. Wynne (1868), p. 12.

The above examples are a suggested compromise.

The publication date of 1868 is taken from the main title page, notwithstanding that Wynne's preface is dated 1869.

Available online at these locations

• https://archive.org/stream/memoirofportiono00inboll#page/n5/

Summary

Hof, Fred. Robert Bolling's "Memoirs of the Bolling Family", posted 30 Mar 2002 in "Bolling" on genealogy.com.

Comments

Work in progress

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