William Byrd III William Byrd III William Byrd III (September 6, 1728January 1 or January 2, 1777) was the son of William Byrd II and the grandson of William Byrd I. He inherited his family's estate of approximately 179,000 acres of land in Virginia and continued their planter prestige as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. He chose to fight in the French and Indian War rather than spend much time in Richmond. In 1756 he was colonel of the Second Virginia Regiment. William Byrd III had a reputation as a notorious gambler. He initiated what was said to have been
Second relation letter from Hernán Cortés to emperor Charles V of Cuauhtemoc, the defeat of the mexicas and the conquest Mexico-Tenochtitlán. Second relation letter from Hernán Cortés to emperor Charles V The Second relation letter from Hernán Cortés to emperor Charles V is one of the five "Letters of relation" written by Hernán Cortés to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor by his name in the Holy Roman Empire, and to his mother, the queen Joanna of Castile in which he relates his trips to Mexico and the conquest of Mexico-Tenochtitlán. This second letter was dated on 30 October 1520. The letter begins with the headline: Written fifteen months after the