Phillis Wheatley (1753?–1784)

An estimate, and usually printed as c. 1753. The letter bound into this volume's own front matter, written by the author's master, says she 'was brought from Africa to America, in the year 1761, between seven and eight years of age' — an age judged on arrival rather than a birth record, which is what a year derived from it can be worth. Flagged uncertain rather than resolved.

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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral 1773

To Maecenas 1773
On Virtue 1773
To the University of Cambridge, in New-England 1773
To the King’s Most Excellent Majesty. 1768 1773
On Being Brought from Africa to America 1773
On the Death of the Rev. Dr. Sewell. 1769 1773
On the Death of the Rev. Mr. George Whitefield. 1770 1773
On the Death of a Young Lady of Five Years of Age 1773
On the Death of a Young Gentleman 1773
To a Lady on the Death of Her Husband 1773
Goliath of Gath 1773
Thoughts on the Works of Providence 1773
To a Lady on the Death of Three Relations 1773
To a Clergyman on the Death of His Lady 1773
An Hymn to the Morning 1773
An Hymn to the Evening 1773
Isaiah 63:1⁠–⁠8 1773
On Recollection 1773
On Imagination 1773
A Funeral Poem on the Death of C. E. An Infant of Twelve Months 1773
To Captain H⁠⸺⁠d, of the 65th Regiment 1773
To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Dartmouth, His Majesty’s Principal Secretary of State for North-America, etc. 1773
Ode to Neptune 1773
To a Lady on Her Coming to North-America with Her Son, for the Recovery of Her Health 1773
To a Lady on Her Remarkable Preservation in an Hurricane in North-Carolina 1773
To a Lady and Her Children, on the Death of Her Son and Their Brother 1773
To a Gentleman and Lady on the Death of the Lady’s Brother and Sister, and a Child of the Name of Avis, Aged One Year 1773
On the Death of Dr. Samuel Marshall. 1771 1773
To a Gentleman on His Voyage to Great-Britain for the Recovery of His Health 1773
To the Rev. Dr. Thomas Amory, on Reading His Sermons on Daily Devotion, in Which That Duty Is Recommended and Assisted 1773
On the Death of J. C. An Infant 1773
An Hymn to Humanity 1773
To the Honourable T. H. Esq.; On the Death of His Daughter 1773
Niobe in Distress for Her Children Slain by Apollo, from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Book VI and from a View of the Painting of Mr. Richard Wilson 1773
To S. M. A Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works 1773
To His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor, on the Death of His Lady. March 24, 1773 1773
A Farewel to America. To Mrs. S. W. 1773
A Rebus, by I. B. 1773
An Answer to the Rebus, by the Author of These Poems 1773

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