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The way of improvement leads home : Philip Vickers Fithian and the rural Enlightenment in early America / John Fea.

Author: Fea, John.

Imprint:Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2008.

Description269 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Note:Introduction -- A Cohansey Home -- A Presbyterian Conversion -- Ambition -- Rural Enlightenment -- A Virginia Sojourn -- Revolution -- The Call of God -- Duty -- Conclusion -- Appendix: A Note on the Fithian Diaries.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [219]-255) and index.



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Fea, John.
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Early American studies
Subject:
Fithian, Philip Vickers, 1747-1776.
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Diarists -- Virginia -- Biography.
Tutors and tutoring -- Virginia -- Biography.
Presbyterians -- New Jersey -- Biography.
Plantation life -- Virginia -- History -- 18th century.
Enlightenment -- United States.
American diaries -- History and criticism.
Virginia -- Social life and customs -- To 1775.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Chaplains.
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