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Francis & Sarah Knowles /My parents dear /Paid for this which I have heare /When Land is Gone And Money Spent/ Then Learning is Most Excellent

Bolton & Co. Verse:
39
Full Text
Francis & Sarah Knowles /My parents dear /Paid for this which I have heare /When Land is Gone And Money Spent/ Then Learning is Most Excellent
Listed on Page Number
260
Sampler Worked By
Sarah Knowles (1723-1741/2)
Date of Sampler
1736
Place Sampler Made
Philadelphia, PA
Sampler Listed on Page
59
Author/Publication/Country/Date
No result found. The verse appears to be ubiquitous with no known author.
Notes
Sampler is owned by Winterthur Museum, Library, and Garden (#2011.13) While both verses are stitched on Sarah Knowles’s sampler, Bolton & Coe identifies the first verse as #39 and the second as #92. George Eliot (1819-1880) used the second verse in her novel, “The Mill on the Floss” published 1860.