Letters of Phillis Wheatley, the Negro-slave poet of Boston.

Description

Main Author

Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.

Related Names

Clements, William L. (William Lawrence), 1861-1934, former owner.
Norton, Charles Eliot, 1827-1908, former owner.
Shurtleff, Nathaniel B. (Nathaniel Bradstreet), 1810-1874.
Deane, Charles, 1813-1889, editor.
Tanner, Obour, active 1772-1779, recipient.
John Wilson and Son

Language(s)

English

Published

Boston : Printed by John Wilson and Son
Boston : Privately printed, 1864.

Subjects

Tanner, Obour, > Tanner, Obour, / active 1772-1779.
Wheatley, Phillis, > Wheatley, Phillis, / 1753-1784 > Wheatley, Phillis, / 1753-1784 / Correspondence.
Wheatley, Phillis, > Wheatley, Phillis, / 1753-1784.
Enslaved persons' writings, American > Enslaved persons' writings, American / Massachusetts > Enslaved persons' writings, American / Massachusetts / Boston.
African American women poets > African American women poets / Correspondence.
African American poets > African American poets / Correspondence.
Bookplates (Provenance)
Presentation inscriptions (Provenance)
Printed wrappers (Binding)
Wrappers (Binding)
Correspondence.

Note

Reprinted from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, vol. 7, pages 267-279.
Last page blank.
Footnotes contain brief account of life of Phillis Wheatley by Dr. N.B. Shurtleff, from Boston Daily Advertiser.
"These letters, which are written in a beautiful hand, are addressed to a negro friend in Newport, R.I. (a young woman named Obour Tanner), probably serving in the same capacity as Philis herself ...": page 7.
"One Hundred Copies."--Verso of title page.
Printer statement from verso of title page.
Introductory note on page [3] signed and dated: Charles Deane, Boston, July 20, 1864.

Physical Description

19, [1] pages ; 25 cm

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