The life and writings of Moses Fisk

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The life and writings of Moses Fisk

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Biographical sketch of Moses Fisk (1759-1843), followed by some of his writings, and concluding with his ancestry and descendants. He was a frontiersman, educator, theologian, and lawyer of Tennessee's upper Cumberland region, and is "... famous nationally for founding Fisk Female Academy at Hilham, Tennessee, in 1806 (the first such institution in the south)." (p. 3).

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Publisher
Barlow
Language
English
Pages
234

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Table of Contents

Barlow, T. The life of Moses Fisk.
Fisk, M. Historical sketch of Tennessee.
Fisk, M. Tyrannical libertymen.
Fisk, M. Conjectures respecting the ancient inhabitants of North America.
Michaux, F. A. A journey through middle Tennessee with Moses Fisk.
Survey of the line between Tennessee and Virginia.
Moses Fisk's correspondence.
Moriarty, G. A. The Fiske family of Laxfield, Suffolk County, England.
Bond, H. The New England ancestors of Moses Fisk.
Christian, H. C. The descendants of Moses Fisk.

Edition Notes

Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 213.

Published in
Crossville, Tenn

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
976.8/04/0924, B
Library of Congress
F436 .F57 1980

The Physical Object

Pagination
234 p. :
Number of pages
234

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL4154475M
LCCN
80134491
OCLC/WorldCat
7008774

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