An elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the reverend and learned George Whitefield
Subtitle: Chaplain 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 has been but 9 years in this country from Africa
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 11813
Publisher: Printed and sold by Ezekiel Russell, in Queen-Street, and John Boyles, in Marlboro'-Street.
Published: 1770
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Whitefield, George, -- 1714-1770
Other titles: Poem, by Phillis, a Negro girl, in Boston. On the death of the Reverend George Whitefield
Notes: Half-title: A poem, by Phillis, a Negro girl, in Boston. On the death of the Reverend George Whitefield,[.]

With a vignette (Reilly 1192) on half-title

Evans 11813

Wegelin, O.  Amer. poetry, 424

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