Phillis's Poem on the Death of Mr. Whitefield.

ID 15523
Title Phillis's Poem on the Death of Mr. Whitefield.
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Signed Author Phillis's Poem
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Volumes 1
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Date of Publication 1770
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Date of First Publication 1770
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Colophon
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Location of Printing Boston US
Format Broadside (bs)
Length (cm) 35
Width (cm) 25
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Notes Firm attribution taken from American Antiquarian Society data; from the AAS catalogue record: "Also published under title: An elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the reverend, and pious George Whitefield, Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon, &c. &c. /
The relief cut at head (Reilly 1268) bears the initials I.T. and is generally conceded to be the work of Isaiah Thomas. Cf. Hamilton, S. Early American book illustrators, 1958, v. 1, p. 22-23. Ascribed to Thomas's press in: Nichols, C.L. Isaiah Thomas, printer, writer & collector, 1912, p. 41-42. /
Text in two columns; printed area measures 31.5 x 21.4 cm. /
With, on left-hand third of sheet, measuring 35 x 43 cm. and intended to be separated: Bedlam garland. Together with the Spinning wheel."
Hand-Verified No
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Wheatley Peters, Phillis. Phillis's Poem on the Death of Mr. Whitefield.The Women's Print History Project, 2019, title ID 15523, https://womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/15523. Accessed 2025-11-17.

Wheatley Peters, Phillis. Phillis's Poem on the Death of Mr. Whitefield. Boston: 1770. 

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