Correspondence of Philip R. Fendall [manuscript], 1813-1841, bulk 1813-1817.

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Correspondence of Philip R. Fendall [manuscript], 1813-1841, bulk 1813-1817.

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The correspondence consists chiefly of letters written to his mother, Mary Lee Fendall, and sister, Lucy Eleanor, while Fendall was a student at the College of New Jersey. Fendall writes of college life, fellow students, religion and politics. He discusses classmates including Charles Oliver of Baltimore, John Wurts, Charles Pettit McIlvaine, and John Blair Dabney; studies and examinations; expenses; choosing between the Whig and Cliosophic Societies; the influence of Asbel Green, a religious revival among the students and his own religious awakening, affairs of the Presbyterian and Episcopalian Churches and the possibility of entering the Episcopalian ministry. Also discussed are family and friends, particularly concerns over his mother's health. He corrects his sister's grammar and slang and mentions a curious incident related to the suicide of William Thornton. Letters, 1814-1815, to him from Peter H. Cruse, Oliver Norris, and Edmund Lee, discuss events at school. In an 1830 letter Josiah S. Johnston writes about his presidential candidacy, and Clay's nomination and strategy in New York. Albert Gallatin Brown sends family news in 1841.

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