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Description
Embroidered onto this sampler are the words, "Nancy Mansfield b. Jan 23 1791 in the eleventh year of my age."
The instructional verse is "Our parents exert a prudent care to read our infants mind with proper with acquired ease."
About This Item
- Title: Nancy Mansfield sampler, 1801
- Creator: Nancy Mansfield
- Creation Date: 1801
- Subject Date: 1801
- Media: Silk on linen
- Dimensions: 59 cm x 44 cm
- Local Code: A86-547
- Collection: Samplers
- Object Type: Physical Object
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Maine Historical Society485 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
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