Lot Essay
One of the founding families of this area of Groton, the Spicer family settled in the area of Noank peninsula called Morgan (Lighthouse) Point.
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A SILK ON LINEN NEEDLEWORK SAMPLER
PRUDENCE SPICER, GROTON, CONNECTICUT, DATED 1829
The meandering berried border enclosing two alphabetical registers above a numeric register over the wrought inscription Prudence Spicer.s //ExamPler made in the 8 Year of her age 1829/ This work of mine //My friends may have when I am ?dead and ... My ...?, all over a script alphabetical register centering a house--20in. high, 14½in. wide
PRUDENCE SPICER, GROTON, CONNECTICUT, DATED 1829
The meandering berried border enclosing two alphabetical registers above a numeric register over the wrought inscription Prudence Spicer.s //ExamPler made in the 8 Year of her age 1829/ This work of mine //My friends may have when I am ?dead and ... My ...?, all over a script alphabetical register centering a house--20in. high, 14½in. wide