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Longfellow: Early Years

Zilpah Wadsworth sampler, Portland, 1786

Zilpah Wadsworth sampler, Portland, 1786

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Maine Historical Society

Zilpah Wadsworth Longfellow (1778-1851) was a cultured woman of wit and liberal religious conviction.

She was a direct descendant of Plymouth's John and Priscilla Mullins Alden.