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S it has been repeatedly suggested to the Publisher, by Persons, whohave seen the Manuscript, that Numbers would be ready to suspect theywere not really the Writings of PHILLIS, he has procured the followingAttestation, from the most respectable Characters in Boston, that nonemight have the least Ground for disputing their Original. WE whose Names are under-written, do assure the World, that the POEMSspecified in the following Page,* were (as we verily believe) writtenby Phillis, a young Negro Girl, who was but a few Years since, broughtan uncultivated Barbarian from Africa, and has ever since been, andnow is, under the Disadvantage of serving as a Slave in a Family inthis Town. She has been examined by some of the best Judges, and isthought qualified to write them. His Excellency THOMAS HUTCHINSON, Governor. The Hon. ANDREW OLIVER, Lieutenant-Governor. The Hon. Thomas Hubbard, | The Rev. Charles Chauncey, D. D.The Hon. John Erving, | The Rev. Mather Byles, D. D.The Hon. James Pitts, | The Rev. Ed. Pemberton, D. D.The Hon. Harrison Gray, | The Rev. Andrew Elliot, D. D.The Hon. James Bowdoin, | The Rev. Samuel Cooper, D. D.John Hancock, Esq; | The Rev. Mr. Saumel Mather,Joseph Green, Esq; | The Rev. Mr. John Moorhead,Richard Carey, Esq; | Mr. John Wheat ey, her Master. N. B. The original Attestation, signed by the above Gentlemen,may be seen by applying to Archibald Bell, Bookseller,No. 8, Aldgate-Street. _________________________________________________________ *The Words "following Page," allude to the Contentsof the Manuscript Copy, with are wrote at theBack of the above Attestation.
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