John Wilson Moorhead

More Than Just Tea (episode 290)

• [10:12] The Wheatleys and the Moorhead were neighbors and friends. And theres been speculation that both the enslaved painter, Scipio and the enslaved poet, Phyllis found mentorship in the household of Reverend John Moorhead and his wife Sarah Parsons Moorhead.Phyllis Wheatley became famous in bo[20:25] The funest piece portrait and poems on various subjects, religious and moral is believed to be based on the work of black painter Scipio Moorhead, a member of the household of the Reverend John Moorhead of Boston and a friend of Phyllis Wheatley.The front is piece shows a slim young woman sry address to Mary Moorhead.Sarah and Johns daughter, the allergy to Miss Mary Moorhead on the death of her father, the Reverend mister John Moorhead focused on the dual loss suffered by the Moorhead family and Reverend Moreheads church, written in a more simple style than the O de Scipio.It inclsold by public auction on Thursday.Next at 10 oclock in the forenoon, all the house furniture belonging to the estate of the Reverend Mister John Moorhead, deceased consisting of tables, chairs, looking glasses, feather beds, bedsteads and bedding, pewter, brass sundry pieces of plate, et cetera.A
• Date: Dec 17, 2023
• Category: Your local news
• Source: Google