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Phillis Wheatley

c. 1753 - 5 December 1784

The first published African-American female poet (Wikipedia).

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  • Cover of: An elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the reverend and learned George Whitefield, chaplain to the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon, &c. &c.: who made his exit from this transitory state, to dwell in the celestial realms of bliss, on Lord's-Day, 30th of September, 1770, when he was seiz'd with a fit of the asthma, at Newbury-Port, near Boston, New-England

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  • Cover of: Phillis's poem on the death of Mr. Whitefield.

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  • Cover of: elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the late reverend, and pious George Whitefield

    First published in 1770 4 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: An elegiac poem: on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend and learned George Whitefield, chaplin to the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon &c. &c. Who made his exit from this transitory state, to dwell in the celestial realms of bliss, on Lord's-day, 30th of September, 1770, when he was seiz'd with a fit of the asthma, at Newbury-port, near Boston, New-England. In which is a condolatory address to his truly noble benefactress the worthy and pious Lady Huntingdon; --- and the orphan-children in Georgia, who, with many thousands are left, by the death of this great man, to lament the loss of a father, friend, and benefactor

    First published in 1770 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: An elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the reverend and learned George Whitefield: Chaplain to the Right Honourable the Countess of Huntingdon, &c. &c. : Who made his exit from this transitory state, to dwell in the celestial realms of bliss, on Lord's-Day, 30th of September, 1770, when he was seiz'd with a fit of the asthma, at Newbury-Port, near Boston, New-England. : In which is a condolatory address to his truly noble benefactress the worthy and pious Lady Huntingdon;-- and the orphan-children in Georgia, who, with many thousands are left, by the death of this great man, to lament the loss of a father, friend, and benefactor.

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  • Cover of: An ode of verses on the much-lamented death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield: late chaplain to the Countess of Huntingdon, who departed this life at Newberry, near Boston in New England, on the thirtieth of September, 1770, in the fifty-seventh year of his age

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  • Cover of: To Mrs. Leonard, on the death of her husband.

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  • Cover of: To the Rev. Mr. Pitkin, on the death of his lady.

    First published in 1772 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: To the Hon'ble Thomas Hubbard, Esq; on the death of Mrs. Thankfull Leonard.

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  • Cover of: An elegy, to Miss. Mary Moorhead, on the death of her father, the Rev. Mr. John Moorhead.

    First published in 1773 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Poems on various subjects, religious and moral.

    First published in 1773 11 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition poemsonvarioussu00whea
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  • Cover of: Poems on various subjects, religious and moral

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  • Cover of: Poems on various subjects: religious and moral

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  • Cover of: [Phillis Wheatley letter to Rev. Samuel Hopkins]

    First published in 1774 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Prayer of Phillis' accidentally discovered in her Bible: Sabbath, June 13, 1779.

    First published in 1779 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: An elegy, sacred to the memory of the great divine, the Reverend and learned Dr. Samuel Cooper: who departed this life December 29, 1783, aetatis 59.

    First published in 1784 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Liberty and peace: a poem.

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  • Cover of: Poems on comic, serious, and moral subjects

    First published in 1787 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Memoir and poems of Phillis Wheatley, a native African and a slave.: Also, Poems by a slave.

    First published in 1834 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The poems of Phillis Wheatley

    First published in 1835 10 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition poemsofphilliswh00whea_0
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Subjects
American poetry, History, Poetry, African American authors, African American poets, Classic Literature, Confederacy, Fiction, Union, United States Civil War, hanging, African American women poets, American Poets, Correspondence, Drama, Literature, Prisoners, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Satanism, clergy, freedom, meaning of love, selfhood, sextons
Places
United States, Alabama, Owl Creek Bridge, England, Mallard residence, Massachusetts, Milford meeting house, Andover, Barbados, China, Eastern Europe, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Soviet Union, Africa, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Missouri, New England, Saint Louis, Saint Louis (Mo.), Salem Village, West Africa
People
George Whitefield (1714-1770), Phillis Wheatley (1753-1784), Peyton Farquhar, Brently Mallard, Devil, Elizabeth, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Mr. Hooper, Richards, Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Bridget Bishop, Elizabeth Proctor, Ezekiel Cheever, George Herrick, George Jacobs, Giles Corey, God, John Hale, John Hathorne, John Proctor, Martha Corey
Time
Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 19th century, 1861-1865, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1692, 18th century, 1861-65, 1600s, Civil War, December, Revolution, 1775-1783, carnival

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August 14, 2021 Edited by LibraryDude33 Added new photo
September 27, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
December 31, 2016 Edited by Agnes Reid Gutenberg link added
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import