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Title

Memoirs of the life of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A. late Chaplain to the Right Honorable the Countess of Huntingdon : in which every circumstance worthy of notice, both in his private and public character, is recorded : faithfully selected from his original papers, journals and letters : illustrated by a variety of interesting anecdotes, from the best authorties [sic] : with a particular account of his death and funeral : and extracts from the sermons which were preached on that occasion / compiled by the Rev. John Gillies, D.D.

Author

Gillies, John, 1712-1796

Publication

New Haven : Printed for Andrus & Starr, Hartford. J. Barber, printer, 1812.

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Additional Authors

• Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784.
• Barber, Joseph, 1786-1889
• Andrus and Starr, publisher

Description

300 pages, [1] leaf of plates : portrait; 18 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Alternative Title

• Memoirs of the life of the Rev. George Whitefield
• Life of Whitefield

Subject

• Whitefield, George, 1714-1770 > Portraits

Note

• The list of subscribers, pages [296]-300, continued to grow after the memoir was published, and copies of this issue are found with 300, 312 or 316 pages The list of "Subscribers' names" on pages 301-312 includes subscribers living in Hartford, other Connecticut towns outside the New Haven area, and in Massachusetts. The list on pages 313-316 has caption "The following list of subscribers names was received too late to be arranged in their proper places." An advertisement on page 316 is dated January 11, 1813.
• Frontispiece portrait of Whitefield signed: Boyd sculpt.
• "Part of a poem on Mr. Whitfield, which is published ... with this sermon [preached Oct. 11, 1770] written by a Negro servant girl of seventeen years of age ... belonging to Mr. J. Wheatley of Boston"--pages 192-193.
• "The publishers ... return their thanks to the subscribers for their patronage of this work, and take the liberty of informing them that they have this day issued proposals for publishing, by subscription ... 'Remarkable shipwrecks: or, A collection of interesting accounts of naval disasters ... Selected from authentic sources.' ... Andrus & Starr. Hartford, January 11, 1813. Those who wish to procure the portrait of Whitefield to frame, may obtain them by applying to the publishers--price 12 1/2 cents."--page 316.
• Another issue (Shaw 25529) has imprint: New-Haven: Printed by Joseph Barber. 1819.

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink [by Arthur A. Schomburg] on recto of second to last flyleaf "Phillis Wheatley's poem see p. 192." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Call Number

Sc Rare B-Whitefield (Gillies, J. Memoirs of the life of the Reverend George Whitefield

LCCN

04025000

OCLC

• 3614808
• NYPGR3614808-B

Author

Gillies, John, 1712-1796, compiler.

Title

Memoirs of the life of the Reverend George Whitefield, M.A. late Chaplain to the Right Honorable the Countess of Huntingdon : in which every circumstance worthy of notice, both in his private and public character, is recorded : faithfully selected from his original papers, journals and letters : illustrated by a variety of interesting anecdotes, from the best authorties [sic] : with a particular account of his death and funeral : and extracts from the sermons which were preached on that occasion / compiled by the Rev. John Gillies, D.D.

Publisher

New Haven : Printed for Andrus & Starr, Hartford. J. Barber, printer, 1812.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Sc Rare B-Whitefield (accession no. B591663) inscribed: in ink [by Arthur A. Schomburg] on recto of second to last flyleaf "Phillis Wheatley's poem see p. 192." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

Local Note

Copy in AN (Whitefield) has 316 pages.

Copy in Sc Rare B-Whitefield has 312 pages.

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Added Author

Wheatley, Phillis, 1753-1784. Elegiac poem.

Andrus and Starr, publisher.

Barber, Joseph, 1786-1889, printer.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner, inscriber.

Caption Title

Memoirs of the life of the Rev. George Whitefield

Running Title

Life of Whitefield

Research Call Number

Sc Rare B-Whitefield (Gillies, J. Memoirs of the life of the Reverend George Whitefield

AN (Whitefield) (Gillies, J. Memoirs of the life of the Reverend George Whitefield. (316 p.))