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Region: Middle Tennessee
1835 Agnes W. Hunter
Franklin Female Academy
Leiper's Fork, Williamson Co.
16"V x 175⁄8"H
© TSS 009
fibers: silk
ground: 24 ct. linen
fibers: silk
ground: 24 ct. linen
Biography:
Agnes Hunter (1824-1898) was eleven years old when she made this sampler at the Franklin Female Academy. The daughter of Henry Hunter, a prosperous farmer, she married Samuel Fielding Glass, Jr. and had four children.
Description:
The text on Agnes's sampler is Verse 4 from "Verses by Alexander Selkirk" (1782) by William Cowper.
