James Gibson and John Fishbourne Mifflin [Leander and Lorenzo] diaries, 1786-1787

This bound volume contains two diaries. The first is James Gibson's diary, Feb.-Oct. 1786 [Leander], and the second is John Fishbourne Mifflin's diary, Nov. 1786-April 1787 [Lorenzo].  Gibson, a student at Princeton University, describes his college life.  Mifflin, a Philadelphia l...

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Main Authors: John Fishbourne Mifflin, 1759-1813 (Creator), James Gibson, 1769-1856 (Creator)
Collection:Gibson and Mifflin diaries (#Am .069)
Date:1786-02-01/1786-10-31, 1786-11-01/1787-04-30
Call Number:Am .069
Format: Electronic
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Online Access:https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/8855
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title James Gibson and John Fishbourne Mifflin [Leander and Lorenzo] diaries, 1786-1787
spellingShingle James Gibson and John Fishbourne Mifflin [Leander and Lorenzo] diaries, 1786-1787
John Fishbourne Mifflin, 1759-1813
James Gibson, 1769-1856
title_sort James Gibson and John Fishbourne Mifflin [Leander and Lorenzo] diaries, 1786-1787
title_txt_mv James Gibson and John Fishbourne Mifflin [Leander and Lorenzo] diaries, 1786-1787
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1786-11-01/1787-04-30
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description This bound volume contains two diaries. The first is James Gibson&#39;s diary, Feb.-Oct. 1786 [Leander], and the second is John Fishbourne Mifflin&#39;s diary, Nov. 1786-April 1787 [Lorenzo].&nbsp; Gibson, a student at Princeton University, describes his college life.&nbsp; Mifflin, a Philadelphia lawyer, describes his daily life and activities in detail in his diary.&nbsp; These young men met at a lecture about electricity in 1785. They became friends and sent their journals to each other upon completion.<br /> <br /> This digital record contains images that depict selected pages from both diaries. Currently only pages 212-215 from Gibson&#39;s diary, and pages 34-35, 50-51, and 78-80 from Mifflin&#39;s have been imaged.<br /> &nbsp
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