[African-Americana] [Wheatley, Phillis] The First Printed Appearance of Phillis Wheatley's Poem "Recollection"

The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature, for the Year 1772
London: Printed for J. Dodsley, 1773. First edition. 8vo. (iv), 105, (1), 65-256, 246, (9) pp. Full contemporary tan calf, stamped in gilt, front board detached, spine dry and worn, rear board starting, boards and extremities rubbed and worn; all edges trimmed, library ink stamps on same; book-plate on front paste-down; contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper (sheet now detached); library ink stamp on title-page; scattered ink and pencil marginalia; library ink stamp at bottom of D3r.

Printed on p. 214 in the second part of the volume is Phillis Wheatley's fourth published poem, "On Recollection", published shortly afterwards in her first book, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral (published September 1, 1773). Her poem is prefaced with a short description of the poet, noting, "Verses by a young African Negro Woman, at Boston in New-England; who did not quit her own country till she was ten years old, and has not been above eight in Boston." With contemporary manuscript at same identifying Wheatley by name and amending her age to "eleven". Contemporary pencil at same, "different considerably from published in her Poems since 58 lines longer."

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[African-Americana] [Wheatley, Phillis] The First Printed Appearance of Phillis Wheatley's Poem "Recollection"

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[African-Americana] [Wheatley, Phillis] The First Printed Appearance of Phillis Wheatley's Poem "Recollection"

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