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Letter to George Washington
Posted on | No CommentsBoston, October 26, 1775 To His Excellency George Washington Sir,I have taken the freedom to address your Excellency in the , and entreat your acceptance, though I am not insensible […] -
Letter form John Wheatley to Publisher
Posted on | No CommentsThe following is a copy of the Letter sent by the Author’s Mater to the Publisher and included in Phillis was brought from Africa to America in the year […] -
Letter to Obour Tanner
Posted on | No CommentsDear Obour I am exceedingly glad to hear from you by Mrs. Tanner, and wish you had timely notice of her departure, so as to have wrote me; next to […] -
Letter from George Washington to Phillis Wheatley
Posted on | No CommentsCambridge, February 28, 1776. Mrs. Phillis: Your favour of the 26th of October did not reach my hands ’till the middle of December. Time enough, you will say, to have […]