Value your time. The foundations of virtue and knowledge are laid in youth. / No room for mirth or trifling here / For worldly hope of worldly fear, / If life so soon is gone; / If now the Judge is at the door, / And all mankind must stand before / The inexorable throne! / / Wrought by Elizabeth D. Chace, November 1743 .

Maker

Chace, Elizabeth D.

Date made

1743

Origin

MA US

Stitches

Cross.

In Bolton & Co.

Yes Verses 189, 342(var), 390. Page 37

Predominent Motif

3 alphabets: each complete. Numbers 1-17. One small black animal is at the end of the third line. Simple stitched lines. Small diamond border all four sides. Date appears to have been altered from 1843 to 1743 (?) (Note: appears in American Samplers (page 37) as owned by Old Dartmouth Historical Society).

Inscription

Value your time. The foundations of virtue and knowledge are laid in youth. / No room for mirth or trifling here / For worldly hope of worldly fear, / If life so soon is gone; / If now the Judge is at the door, / And all mankind must stand before / The inexorable throne! / / Wrought by Elizabeth D. Chace, November 1743 .

Historical Owner

#00.102

Bolton & Co. Page

37

Owner

New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA