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Region: East Tennessee
1820 Mary Morris

1114"V x 934"H © TSS 077
fibers: silk
ground: 20 V/26 H ct. linen
Description:
Mary tells us her age when she finished her sampler in her signature. Her verse is adapted from a poem by Mary Masters (1709-59).

Mary Morris s work
Aged 9 years Ap 1820
Tis religion that can
sweetest pleasures
Tis religion must supply
solid comfort when we
die