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Letter from Phillis Wheatley, Boston, to Samuel Hopkins, Newport, Rhode Island, 1774 May 6

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Autograph letter signed (1 sheet). Addressed "To the Rev'd Mr. Sam'l Hopkins ... by Mr. Pemberton." Wheatley writes that she believes Philip Quaque could be more successful in his missionary work by setting a fine example. Notes that 300 copies of her book had arrived from London, and requests assistance in their distribution.Folder also includes a copy of the familiar engraved portrait of Wheatley and a page excised from an edition of the Cyclopædia of American literature containing the entry on WheatleyRecipient was a Congregational minister and an early proponent of the abolition of slavery
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