While hostile foes our coasts invade, While innocence is all our pride, In all the pomp of war arrayed, And virtue is our only Guide Americans be not dismayed, Women would scorn to be defyd Nor fear the Sword or Gun. if led by Washington.

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While hostile foes our coasts invade, While innocence is all our pride, In all the pomp of war arrayed, And virtue is our only Guide Americans be not dismayed, Women would scorn to be defyd Nor fear the Sword or Gun. if led by Washington.
Listed on Page Number
255
Sampler Worked By
Elizabeth "Betsy" Bucklin
Date of Sampler
1781
Place Sampler Made
Providence, RI
Sampler Listed on Page
35
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Notes
Sampler stitched at age 13, probably at the Miss L. Balch School. Acquired 2008 by the National Museum of American History in Washington DC. https://americanhistory.si.edu/press/releases/national-museum-american-history-acquires-18th-century-sampler