Laura Goodale, daughter of Chester and Asenath Goodale, made this family record with its strawberry and vine border around 1809. Her mother submitted this sampler with her widow’s pension application, as proof of her marriage to Chester Goodale, a Revolutionary War veteran. Chester served for 15 months as a private in four different regiments from Connecticut and Massachusetts. For his service Asenath was awarded a pension of $50 a year. Note the needle in the lower right corner.
Statement of Colonists' Continued Loyalty to the King and Opposition to Parliament and Ministry
Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820s)
