Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian, 1773-1774: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion

by Philip Vickers Fithian

Book Overview

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813900794
• ISBN13: 9780813900797
• Release Date: December 1978
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A great, first-hand look at colonial Virginia

Fithian, a divinity student from Princeton, NJ, came to the Northern Neck of Virginia to be a tutor to 14-some children at the plantation of the Carter family, Nomini Hall. During his year stay, he kept a diary. Much of that diary and many of his letters are published in this book.It's a lovely, enlightening look at daily life of the era. He notes that it was the custom of Virginia women to cover their entire heads and faces when going out for a ride; he at first thought there was an epidemic of tooth aches! There are many such observations that simply wouldn't make the history books.