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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral By Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston, in New-England

1793

Albany, Albany County, New York, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A reprint of Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral By Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley of Boston, in New-England. Reprinted from the London Edition by Barber & Southwick for Thomas Spencer. Book plate is for Michael Zinman. Marbled cover is very worn, making marbling only just evident. Interior pages are in good condition with some yellowing. Pages 63 and 64 have a small hole at top right. 89 numbered pages.

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Catalog reference: A2021.113.1.12

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