Phillis Wheatley poems, 1771, 1772.

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Phillis Wheatley poems, 1771, 1772.

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Two handwritten poems, one "signed" by Wheatley with a short biographical sketch of her after the signature, and one unsigned. The first poem is entitled "On the Death of Dr. Samuel Marshall" and is in a hand similar to Wheatley's. The "signature" seems to have been added later, in pencil. The second verse is addressed "To the Rev. Mr. Pitkin on the Death of his Lady", "signed" and dated Boston, June 16th, 1772. Wheatley, who was brought to America as a child, was noted for her intellect, her poetry, and for being a slave.

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Wheatley, Phillis, c. 1753-1784

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Phillis Wheatley (c. 1753-1784), first Black woman poet in America, was brought as an African slave in about 1761 to Boston, Mass., where she was purchased by John Wheatley. Educated in the Wheatley household, first by Wheatley's wife Susannah and later by his daughter Mary, Phillis Wheatley began writing poems in her early teens. It was through her published poetry that she became a member of Boston's literati and travelled briefly to England, returning in 1773 during Mrs. Wheatley's final illn...

Marshall, Samuel R.

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