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The map below represents the locations of libraries and collections holding copies of the first six editions of Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral. These are the editions printed in the eighteenth century. Data was exported from the Census on 11/15/2025 and represents the state of the Census at that time. Some…

The Wheatley Census is an ongoing project to locate and describe every extant copy of Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral from its first edition (London, 1773) and subsequent editions through 1909. Each copy we document contributes to a fuller understanding of how Wheatley’s work circulated, survived, and was read across time…

We released the Wheatley Census 1.0 on 17th November 2025. At this time the database included records for the following editions: Copies of these editions will be added to the census continuously. Further editions will be added to the census in batch updates at later dates. Known Technical Issues with 1.0 Release:

The Wheatley Census is a bibliographical research and open access digital humanities project. The mission of the Wheatley Census is to identify and list all known copies of every edition of Phillis Wheatley’s Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, as well as significant reprints issued under different titles, published between 1773 and 1909, in an open-access reference…