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Document Details
| Title: | Letter from Phillis Wheatley to John Thornton, October 30, 1774 |
| Document type: | Letter |
| Accessibility: | Paid Only |
| Repository: | Alexander Street Press |
| Collection: | North American Women's Letters and Diaries (Subscription only) |
| URL: | http://www.alexanderstreet4.com/cgi-bin/asp/nawld/documentidx.pl?aspdocid=S33-D004 |
| Original Language: | English |
| Time span: | 1774 |
| Speaker: | Wheatley, Phillis, 1753(?)-1784 |
| Speaker gender: | Female |
| Speaker date of birth: | 1753-? |
| Speaker place of birth: | Gambia; Africa |
| Speaker race: | Black |
| Speaker occupation: | Servant; Slave; Writer |
| Age at speaking: | 21 |
| Document location: | Boston, MA |
| Document date: | 30-Oct-1774 |
| Locations discussed: | Africa |
| Topics discussed - ASP terms: | Africa |
| Topics discussed - Other terms: | Agriculture; Bereavement; Entertainment and recreation; Freed slaves; International travel; Religion; Religious beliefs; Sociology |
| ASP release: | 2006-01 |
| Document code: | S33-D004-126 |