An elegiac poem
Subtitle: 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
By: By Phillis, a servant girl, of 17 years of age, belonging to Mr. J. Wheatley, of Boston: --She had been but 9 years in this country from Africa
Publisher: Printed and sold by Ezekiel Russell, in Queen-Street. And John Boyles, in Marlboro-street
Published: 1770
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Subjects: African American authors
Other titles: A poem, by Phillis.
Notes: Illustrated half-title: A poem, by Phillis ..

Publication date taken from Evans.

Signatures: pi⁴

Evans 11813.

Sabin 103126.

Heartman, C.F.  Wheatley, 1.