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Jabez Fitch diary
- Title
- Jabez Fitch diary, 1776-1777.
- Author
- Fitch, Jabez, 1737-1812.
- Supplementary Content
- Collection guide and digital images
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Diary, Aug. 22, 1776 - Dec. 15, 1777 | Text | Restricted use | *ZL-507 Diary, Aug. 22, 1776 - Dec. 15, 1777 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | By appointment only | MssCol 1016 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
Details
- Description
- 1 v. (ca. 500 p.); 18 cm.
- 1 item (photocopies in case) ;
- Summary
- The Jabez Fitch diary, from 22 Aug. 1776 to 15 Dec. 1777, reflects his service as a lieutenant in the American army, and his experiences as a British prisoner during the Revolutionary War.
- Subjects
- Access (note)
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
- Surrogates must be used in lieu of original volume.
- Additional Formats (note)
- Available as digital images.
- Funding (note)
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Biography (note)
- Jabez Fitch (1737-1812) of Norwich, Connecticut and Hyde Park, Vermont, served as a soldier in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War.
- Publications (note)
- The diary is published in Sabine, William H. W., The New-York diary of Lieutenant Jabez Fitch of the 17th (Connecticut) Regiment from August 22, 1776 to December 15, 1777 (New York: Colburn & Tegg, 1954), along with the text of Fitch's narrative account of his imprisonment, and a bibliographical essay on Fitch's diaries and narrative.
- Call Number
- MssCol 1016
- OCLC
- 441991880
- Author
- Fitch, Jabez, 1737-1812.
- Title
- Jabez Fitch diary, 1776-1777.
- Restricted Access
- Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssrefSurrogates must be used in lieu of original volume.
- Additional Formats
- Available as digital images.
- Funding
- Digitization was made possible by a lead gift from The Polonsky Foundation.
- Biography
- Jabez Fitch (1737-1812) of Norwich, Connecticut and Hyde Park, Vermont, served as a soldier in the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War.
- Publications
- The diary is published in Sabine, William H. W., The New-York diary of Lieutenant Jabez Fitch of the 17th (Connecticut) Regiment from August 22, 1776 to December 15, 1777 (New York: Colburn & Tegg, 1954), along with the text of Fitch's narrative account of his imprisonment, and a bibliographical essay on Fitch's diaries and narrative.
- Location of Other Archival Materials
- Related collections include the Asa Fitch Transcripts of Jabez Fitch Narrative and Diaries, and the Fitch Family Manuscripts; Manuscripts and Archives Division; New York Public Library.
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- Research Call Number
- MssCol 1016