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The following is a Copy of a Letter sent by the
Author's Master to the Publisher.

PHILLIS was brought from Africa to America, in
the year 1761, between seven and eight years
of age. Without any assistance from school education,
and by only what she was taught in the family,
she, in sixteen months time from her arrival, attained
the English Language, to which she was an utter
stranger before, to such a degree, as to read any, the
most difficult parts, of the sacred writings, to the
great astonishment of all who heard her.

As to her WRITING, her own curiosity led her to
it; and this she learnt in so short a time, that in the
year 1765, she wrote a Letter to the Rev. Mr. OC
COM, the Indian minister, while in England.

She has a great inclination to learn the Latin
tongue, and has made some progress in it. This relation
is given by her Master who bought her, and
with whom she now lives.