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Letter from Phillis Wheatley to Obour Tanner, 30 October 1773

Letter from Phillis Wheatley to Obour Tanner, 30 October 1773

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    Phillis Wheatley writes to her friend Obour Tanner on 30 October 1773 about her health, her trip to England, and religious musings.  She also encloses "proposals" for her recent publication, Poems on Various Subjects, asking Obour to try to raise subscriptions to the volume in Newport.