Citation - Essex Gazette: 1773.03.23

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Index Entry Lyric, Negro [beg] Mjeme begin; inspire ye sacred nine! 
Location Boston 
Citation
EG.773.013
16-23 Mar 1773:1341 (5/243)
[From the Boston Magazine, January 3, 1772.
RECOLLECTION.
To Miss A--- M---, humbly inscribed by the authoress.
By Philis [Negro woman of seventeen.]
Mjeme begin; inspire ye sacred nine!
Your vent'rous Afric in the deep design.
[   ] rekindle the celestial fire,
Ye God-like powers! the glowing thoughts inspire.
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Generic Title Essex Gazette 
Date 1773.03.23 
Publisher Hall, Samuel and Ebenezer 
City, State Salem, MA 
Year 1773 
Bibliography B0016190
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