Journal & Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian, 1773-1774
Author: Philip Vickers Fithian
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 1957
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780813900797
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Author: Philip Vickers Fithian
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Published: 1957
Total Pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780813900797
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Philip Fithian
Publisher: Applewood Books
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 1429005300
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe life of a young man as he goes to school and becomes a clergyman; centered entirely in the Mid-Atlantic, with a brief reference to Deerfield taken to be Deerfield Academy in MA. Highly social, not political, writing.
Author: John Fea
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Published: 2013-04-18
Total Pages: 278
ISBN-13: 0812206398
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Way of Improvement Leads Home traces the short but fascinating life of Philip Vickers Fithian, one of the most prolific diarists in early America. Born to Presbyterian grain-growers in rural New Jersey, he was never quite satisfied with the agricultural life he seemed destined to inherit. Fithian longed for something more—to improve himself in a revolutionary world that was making upward mobility possible. While Fithian is best known for the diary that he wrote in 1773-74 while working as a tutor at Nomini Hall, the Virginia plantation of Robert Carter, this first full biography moves beyond his experience in the Old Dominion to examine his inner life, his experience in the early American backcountry, his love affair with Elizabeth Beatty, and his role as a Revolutionary War chaplain. From the villages of New Jersey, Fithian was able to participate indirectly in the eighteenth-century republic of letters—a transatlantic intellectual community sustained through sociability, print, and the pursuit of mutual improvement. The republic of letters was above all else a rational republic, with little tolerance for those unable to rid themselves of parochial passions. Participation required a commitment to self-improvement that demanded a belief in the Enlightenment values of human potential and social progress. Although Fithian was deeply committed to these values, he constantly struggled to reconcile his quest for a cosmopolitan life with his love of home. As John Fea argues, it was the people, the religious culture, and the very landscape of his "native sod" that continued to hold Fithian's affections and enabled him to live a life worthy of a man of letters.
Author: Philip Fithian
Publisher: Applewood Books
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 382
ISBN-13: 1429005319
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe life of a young man as he goes to school and becomes a clergyman; centered entirely in the Mid-Atlantic, with a brief reference to Deerfield taken to be Deerfield Academy in MA. Highly social, not political, writing.
Author: Philip Vickers Fithian
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Published: 1900
Total Pages: 382
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Willie Lee Nichols Rose
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 558
ISBN-13: 082032065X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDocumenting multiple aspects of slavery and its development in North America, this collection provides more than one hundred excerpts from personal accounts, songs, legal documents, diaries, letters, and other written sources. The book assembles a remarkable portrayal of the day-to-day connections between, and among, slaves and their owners across more than two centuries of subjugation and resistance, despair and hope. Beginning with a chronicle of the origins of slavery in the British colonies of North America, the collection traces the growth of the system to the antebellum period and includes accounts of slave revolts, auctions, slave travel and laws, and family life. Intimate as well as comprehensive, the documents reveal the individual views, goals, and lives of slaves and their masters, making this engaging work one of the most respected catalogs of firsthand information about slavery in North America.
Author: Philip Vickers Fithian
Publisher: DigiCat
Published: 2022-08-01
Total Pages: 373
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKDigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774" by Philip Vickers Fithian. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author: John Fea
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2024-03-26
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 1493442708
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat is the purpose of studying history? How do we reflect on contemporary life from a historical perspective, and can such reflection help us better understand ourselves, the world around us, and the God we worship and serve? Written by an accomplished historian, award-winning author, public evangelical spokesman, and respected teacher, this introductory textbook shows why Christians should study history, how faith is brought to bear on our understanding of the past, and how studying the past can help us more effectively love God and others. John Fea shows that deep historical thinking can relieve us of our narcissism; cultivate humility, hospitality, and love; and transform our lives more fully into the image of Jesus Christ. The first edition of this book has been used widely in Christian colleges across the country. The second edition provides an updated introduction to the study of history and the historian's vocation. The book has also been revised throughout and incorporates Fea's reflections on this topic from throughout the past 10 years.
Author: L. M. Elliott
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2009-04-14
Total Pages: 386
ISBN-13: 0061891223
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn exciting novel for tweens that captures the dawn of the American Revolution. Life is tough for thirteen-year-old Nathaniel Dunn, an indentured servant in colonial Virginia. Then in a twist of luck, he meets Basil, a kind schoolmaster, and an arrangement is struck lending Nathaniel's labor to a Williamsburg carriage maker. Basil introduces Nathaniel to music, books, and philosophies that open his mind to new attitudes about equality. The year is 1775, and as colonists voice their rage over England's taxation, Patrick Henry's words "give me liberty, or give me death" become the sounding call for action. Should Nathaniel and Basil join the fight? What is the meaning of "liberty" in a country reliant on indentured servants and slaves? Nathaniel must face the puzzling choices a dawning nation lays before him. “Filled with action, well-drawn characters, and a sympathetic understanding of many points of view.” —ALA Booklist
Author: John Fea
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2011-02-16
Total Pages: 322
ISBN-13: 1611640881
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFea offers an even-handed primer on whether America was founded to be a Christian nation, as many evangelicals assert, or a secular state, as others contend. He approaches the title's question from a historical perspective, helping readers see past the emotional rhetoric of today to the recorded facts of our past. Readers on both sides of the issues will appreciate that this book occupies a middle ground, noting the good points and the less-nuanced arguments of both sides and leading us always back to the primary sources that our shared American history comprises.