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Description
Embroidered onto this sampler are "Zilpah Wadsworth/her Sampler aged 8" and "1786", "Remember now thy Creator/in the days of thy youth." Zilpah was the mother of noted poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
About This Item
- Title: Zilpah Wadsworth sampler, Portland, 1786
- Creator: Zilpah Wadsworth
- Creation Date: 1786
- Subject Date: 1786
- Location: Portland, Cumberland County, ME
- Media: Linen, silk
- Dimensions: 26 cm x 20 cm
- Local Code: A85-353
- Object Type: Physical Object
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- Children sewing--Maine--Portland
- Embroidery--Maine--Portland
- Longfellow, Zilpah Wadsworth, 1778-1851
- Samplers
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 774-1822 x230
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