Book/Printed Material Philip Vickers Fithian, journal and letters, 1767-1774; student at Princeton College, 1770-72, tutor at Nomini Hall in Virginia, 1773-74; Volume 1

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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     1 3 PHILIP VICKERS FITHIAN Journal and Letters 1767–1774
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     Old Poplar Avenue at Nomini Hall
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     PHILIP VICKERS FITHIAN JOURNAL AND LETTERS 1767–1774 STUDENT AT PRINCETON COLLEGE 1770–72 TUTOR AT NOMINI HALL IN VIRGINIA 1773–74 EDITED FOR THE PRINCETON HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION BY JOHN ROGERS WILLIAMS LC Princeton N.…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     Library of Congress Two Copies Received JAN 17 1901 Copyright entry Dec. 21, 1900 No. a31876 FIRST COPY E163 .F54 Copy 2 842362 Copyright, 1900, by The Princeton University Library C. S.…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     CONTENTS PAGE Introduction xi–xxi PRINCETONIANA Philip Fithian to his father, Joseph Fithian, asking to be sent to school 1 Philip Fithian to his father, Joseph Fithian, giving him thanks for being sent…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     vi Dr. John Beatty to Philip Fithian 27 Oliver Reese to Philip Fithian. Friendship and Gossip, 27 Andrew Hunter, Jr., to Philip Fithian. Dr. Witherspoon's lectures 28 Israel Evans to Philip Fithian.…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     vii To John Peck, in regard to his succession as tutor at Nomini Hall 282 To George Lee, declining an invitation 283 To John Peck, upon his going to Virginia as tutor,…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Facing Page Old Poplar Avenue at Nomini Hall Frontispiece. Nassau Hall. [From an engraving by Doolittle] 6 Old Longstreet House. Princeton, N. J. 36 Old Yeocomico Church. Westmoreland County,…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     INTRODUCTION
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     INTRODUCTION Philip Vickers Fithian was born December 29th, 1747; was a student at Princeton College, 1770–'72, at the same time with Henry Lee, Aaron Burr, and James Madison; studied theology 1772–'73; taught…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     xiv and contains the Journal, together with a selection from the correspondence, of Philip Fithian during the period while he was a student at Princeton College, and afterwards while he was tutor…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     County, New Jersey. The children of Samuel and Priscilla Burnet Fithian were, 1st, John; 2nd, Josiah; 3rd, Samuel; 4th, Esther; 5th, Mathias; 6th, William. “Josiah, the second son, settled in Greenwich, Cumberland…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     xvi comparison of the social conditions existing in Virginia and in his native province of New Jersey, given at some length in a letter (pp. 283–298) of advice and instruction prepared for…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     xvii Meade, writing in 1850 of the ruins of buildings in Westmoreland County, says in his Old Churches and Families of Virginia: 1 “By reason of the worth, talents, and patriotism which…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     xviii the Northern Neck, which territory contains all my land within the Commonwealth of Virginia.” Fithian mentions land “far to the west” near the Great Meadows and Bull Run; if this be…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     xix wrongs; when the blow was struck and the rupture between King and Colonies made irreconcilable save by force of arms, no one was more convinced than Robert Carter of the justice…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     xx entertained their preachers, many of whom, we are told, were supported, and in some cases educated by him. After a time he adopted the creed of Swedenborg, and in the end,…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     xxi J. Franklin Jameson, Brown University; and to the courtesy of the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania and of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, all of which indebtedness is most gratefully acknowledged.…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     PRINCETONIANA 1767–1773
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     PHILIP VICKERS FITHIAN JOURNAL AND LETTERS 1767–1774 A letter1 to my Father, begging him to put me to School: Written August 10 th. 1767, at Greenwich . 1 This and the succeeding…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     2 of acquiring that, which through my whole Life I have most desired, I hope I shall be justified, dear Father, in pleading with you as earnestly as I am able, to…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     3 I shall say no more, but most submissively offer these things to your Consideration; the Sum of which in a Word, is, my humble, and earnest Petition, that I may be…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     4 A good Education if rightly improv'd, we are all sure, is the best fortune a man can possess, but we all know as well that there is almost no good thing…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     5 Attaining it: There are many Principles which we drink in in early youth, as close, & almost as dear as our very Natures, & which many cannot throw off but carry…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     6 certainly by your good permission, I shall to the utmost of my Abilities strive to accomplish it. If there is anything more I would say I should ask your Pardon for…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     Nassau Hall From an engraving by Doolittle
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     View of Nassau Hall, Princeton.
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     7 short Acquaintance with the College & Students will allow me, & as any thing new occurs shall not fail at any time to transmit it. M r Hunter 1 and myself,…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01
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    Philip Vickers Fithian, journal, 1775-1776     8 There are Bill-keepers in each Class, appointed generally by the President, or in his absence by one of the Tutors, who take Notice, & set down those who are absent from…
    • Contributor: Fithian, Philip Vickers - Woodrow Wilson Collection (Library of Congress) - Dodson, Leonidas - Williams, John Rogers - Princeton Historical Association - Albion, Robert Greenhalgh
    • Date: 1900-01-01