Virginia Plantation Social Life_Journal Letters Philip Vickers Fithian 1773-4

Description: Journal & Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian 1773-1774, A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, edited with an introduction by Hunter Dickinson Parish, Williamsburg Restoration Historical Studies, No 3, pub. by Colonial Williamsburg (1943) blue hardcover with gilt lettering (6.5x9.5”) 323 pgs, 8 b&w ils. …no ISBN This is the Colonial Williamsburg edition from 1943. ---From the Preface: No contemporary has given a more revealing picture of the social life of the Virginia tidewater plantations in the eighteenth century than Philip Vickers Fithian in the journals he kept and the letters he wrote while teaching the Carter children at “Nomini Hall” during 1773-1774. [Carter’s friends and neighbors included the Lees, Washingtons, Harrisons, and many more.] This account was originally published by the Princeton Historical Association in 1900…[This is the 1943 reprint, Williamsburg Restoration Historical Studies, No 3] .….[This reprint provided the opportunity] to incorporate certain sections of the journal and a number of letters which touch upon persons and events in Virginia, but which were omitted from the first edition. REF: from the Preface. Binding tight and pages clean but yellowed from age; previous owner name stamped on front end paper. Hardcovers show slight overall use. Please see the pictures for more information about this book and the condition of this copy. ► We are thinning contents of our smoke-free, pet-free home. Books will be listed, plus toys including CCG and trading cards, fabric/wallpaper sample books, jigsaw puzzles, jewelry, household items and maybe some of my fishing and workshop stuff.

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