Mary Morris quilt
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Canadian Museum of History, 79-237, IMG2009-0063-0131-Dm
This bed cover was made in 1825 by Mary Morris of Elgin, Leeds County, Upper Canada (Ontario). Mary was said to have had a physical disability that prevented her from walking, and she became a highly skilled needle worker at an early age. She made this quilt at age 14.