An elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend and learned George Whitefield ... Who made his exit from this transitory state, to dwell in the celestial realms of bliss, on Lord's-Day, 30th of September, 1770 .. at Newbury-Port, near Boston, New-England. ... 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.

  • Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.
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Elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine

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Boston : Printed and sold by Ezekiel Russell, in Queen-Street, and John Boyles, in Marlboro'-Street, [1770]

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8 p. ; 40.

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ESTC W31825
Evans, 11813
Wegelin, O. Amer. poetry, 424
Sabin, 103126
Sabin, 103128

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Microfiche. Woodbridge, Ct. Research Publications International ; Louisville, Ky. : Lost Cause Press, 1979. 2 microfiches ; 11 x 15 cm. (Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America ; fiches A-64,380-64,381). s1979 ctu a
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