Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774.Fithian, Philip Vickers
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Journal and Letters of Philip Vickers Fithian: A Plantation Tutor of the Old Dominion, 1773-1774.
Fithian, Philip Vickers
Carter family; Virginia -- Social life and customs -- To 1775
Fithian, Amos, 100, 103
"Aunt," 98, 100
Elizabeth (Beatty), _see_ Beatty, Elizabeth
Enoch, copies manuscripts of brother, xxxi
Joel, marries widow of Philip Fithian, 17, 240
Philip Vickers, xxvii, xxxi-xxxii, 3-7, 9-11, 15, 16, 22, 24,
26, 27, 32, 37, 55-56, 57, 67-68, 70, 71, 78, 85, 93, 96-97,
100, 107, 114-115, 118, 126, 131, 134, 140, 141, 144, 145,
147, 149, 151, 158, 170, 171, 177-178, 180, 184, 210, 241
accepts position as tutor, xxiv, 6-7
admiration and affection for Carter family, xxxii, 111, 207,
214-217
advises Peck on conduct as tutor, 159-168
attends balls, 56-57, 154-155
attends races, 24-25, 150-151, 154
Carter approves teaching of, 93
catalogues library at Nomini Hall, 119
Col. Lee offends, 52
completes Latin thesis, 158
contrasts Virginia with New Jersey, 60-61, 100, 159-163, 167-168
corresponds with "Belinda," 170
death of parents, 239
declines additional pupils, 25
despondency of, 108, 109, 114-115, 127, 171
early life and education of, xxv, xxxii, 159, 205, 239
enters Presbyterian ministry, xxxii
George Lee offends, 57, 244
hesitation over going to Virginia, 7, 9-10, 16, 46-47
illness and death of, xxxii
later career of, xxxii
letters from, to Elizabeth Beatty, 8-9, 10-11, 12-13, 35-36,
53, 115-116, 139-140, 179-180, 210-212, 212-214
to Benjamin Carter, 198-199
to Nancy Carter, 215-216
to Priscilla Carter, 214-215
to Robert Carter III, 217
to Robert Bladen Carter, 201-202, 216
to Nathaniel Donnald, 173-174
to Samuel Fithian, 117
to Rev. Enoch Green, 21, 26-27
to Andrew Hunter, Jr., 4-5
to Andrew Hunter, Sr., 113
to George Lee, 151
to John Lowe, 126, 207-208
to John McCalla, 175-176
to John Peck, 143, 159-168
to Larkin Randall, 197-198
to Mrs. Charlotte Thornton, 201
to Paletiah Webster, 172-173
to Ruth Webster, 174-175
to Harry Willis, 201-202
to Dr. John Witherspoon, 9-10
letters to, from, Andrew Hunter, Jr., 3-4, 11-12
from William R. Smith, 14-15
makes sketches of Nomini Hall, 148
manuscripts long unpublished, xxxi
marries Elizabeth Beatty, xxxii
poem by, 24
premonition of death, 171
Presbyterian training of, xxv
regrets inability to dance, 33, 43
regular habits of, 155
retirement agreeable to, 72, 129
returns to New Jersey, 208
reviews his life, 45-47
salary and perquisites as tutor, 6, 31-32, 200
tolerant attitude of, xxv
travels as missionary, xxxii
urged to marry in Virginia, 131
views on slavery, 38, 84-85, 92, 132, 187
visits and dines at other plantations, 67, 69, 75, 88, 89, 156
warned of immorality in Virginia, 46-47
Samuel, 240
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