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An elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend and learned George Whitefield, 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.
- Title
- An elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend and learned George Whitefield, 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 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.
- Author
- Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.
- Publication
- Boston, Printed and sold by Ezekiel Russell, in Queen-street, and John Boyles, in Marlboro'-street [1770]
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- Description
- 8 p.; 19.5 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- Added t.-p., illus.
- Indexed In (note)
- Evans
- Call Number
- *KD 1770 (Wheatley, P. Elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend and learned George Whitefield)
- LCCN
- 06020401 //r
- OCLC
- 4336444
- Author
- Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.
- Title
- An elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend and learned George Whitefield, 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 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.
- Imprint
- Boston, Printed and sold by Ezekiel Russell, in Queen-street, and John Boyles, in Marlboro'-street [1770]
- Indexed In:
- Evans 11813
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- Research Call Number
- *KD 1770 (Wheatley, P. Elegiac poem, on the death of that celebrated divine, and eminent servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend and learned George Whitefield)