Loara Standish was the daughter of Pilgrim Miles Standish.
A sampler stitched by her is housed at the Pilgrim Hall Museum. Part of the sampler reads:
Loara Standish is my name Lord guide my heart that I may do thy will Also fill my hands with such convenient skill As may conduce to virtue void of shame and I will give the glory to thy name.
The sampler was stitched on 50 count linen- I can't imagine doing this!
More photos of the sampler may be viewed at http://www.pilgrimhall.org/samplers2.htm
Oh my, I can not imagine doing it on 50 count either! I sure wish I had done more things when I was younger! Thanks so much for sharing this..I love that time in our history.
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How lovely!! I am a Standish and live in Canada. My father took us to the Miles Standish gravesite, Plymouth Rock and the Plantation when I was a child. What a great piece of my family history!! Thanks for sharing :)
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