Hartford, August 4, 1778. An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatly, Ethiopian Poetess, in Boston, Who Came from Africa at Eight Years of Age, and Soon Became Acquainted with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Title
Hartford, August 4, 1778. An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatly, Ethiopian Poetess, in Boston, Who Came from Africa at Eight Years of Age, and Soon Became Acquainted with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Creator
Hammon, Jupiter, 1711-approximately 1800
Date
1778
Description
Author: Hammon, Jupiter, 1711-approximately 1800; Publication Information: Hartford: Printed by Watson and Goodwin?, 1778.
Source
AAS Catalog
Publication Information
Printed by Watson and Goodwin?
Place of publication
Hartford
Physical Description
1 sheet
AAS Catalog Record
https://catalog.mwa.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=319308 (AAS has photocopy)
Notes
At foot: "Composed by Jupiter Hammon, a Negro man belonging to Mr. Joseph Lloyd, of Queen's Village, on Long-Island, now in Hartford. The above lines are published by the author, and a number of his friends, who desire to join with him in their best regards to Miss Wheatly."
The firm of Watson and Goodwin printed other poems by Hammon while the Lloyd family was at Hartford.
The firm of Watson and Goodwin printed other poems by Hammon while the Lloyd family was at Hartford.
Collection
Citation
Hammon, Jupiter, 1711-approximately 1800, “Hartford, August 4, 1778. An Address to Miss Phillis Wheatly, Ethiopian Poetess, in Boston, Who Came from Africa at Eight Years of Age, and Soon Became Acquainted with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.,” Black Self-Publishing, accessed July 6, 2024, https://collections.americanantiquarian.org/blackpublishing/items/show/11123.