[An elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of] Jesus Christ, the reverend [and learned] George Whitefield, by Phillis, a servant girl, of 17 years of age, belonging to Mr. J. Wheatley, of Boston:--she has been but 9 years in this country from Africa.

ID 15521
Title [An elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of] Jesus Christ, the reverend [and learned] George Whitefield, by Phillis, a servant girl, of 17 years of age, belonging to Mr. J. Wheatley, of Boston:--she has been but 9 years in this country from Africa.
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Signed Author by Phillis, a servant girl, of 17 years of age, belonging to Mr. J. Wheatley, of Boston:--she has been but 9 years in this country from Africa.
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Date of Publication 1770
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Date of First Publication 1770
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Location of Printing Boston US
Format Broadside (bs)
Length (cm) 32
Width (cm) 17
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Notes Data taken from American Antiquarian Society catalogue record; from AAS: "The only known copy, held by Michael Zinman in 1997, is imperfect, the top of the sheet having been torn away. Missing words of title supplied from other editions." Assumed to be one of the four Boston reprints William H. Robinson notes in his bio-bibliography; title IDs 15517, 15534, 15539 are the three other records created for this data.
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Wheatley Peters, Phillis. [An elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of] Jesus Christ, the reverend [and learned] George Whitefield, by Phillis, a servant girl, of 17 years of age, belonging to Mr. J. Wheatley, of Boston:--she has been but 9 years in this country from Africa.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 15521, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/15521. Accessed 2024-11-02. 

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