Wheatley Phillis (1753 1784) Newspaper Notice of her Passing

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Wheatley, Phillis (1753-1784)
Newspaper Notice of her Passing in Thomas's Massachusetts Spy: Or, Worcester Gazette.

Worcester, MA: Isaiah Thomas, December 16, 1784.

Folded large folio newspaper, with the obituary on the third page, top right corner, some staining, a few defects to the paper mended, 19 x 11 in.

"Died at Boston, Phillis Peters (formerly Phillis Wheatly) an African, aged 31, known to the literary world by her celebrated miscellaneous Poems."

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