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Rare little antique piece of advertising souvenir juvenile chinaSweet little childs mug with image of lamb on one side and a rabbit on the otherEaster like theme4 1/2 wide, 2 3/4 highadvertising on the bottom in goldTHE STERLING FURNITURE COMPANY, COMPLETE HOME FURNISHINGS, 43-65, SOUTH NORWALK, CONNECTICUTa landmark for many yearsin excellent overall condition
A most welcome addition to a collection
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Anna Warner was born inGroton, Connecticutin 11 October 1758. She was an orphan raised by her Uncle Edward Mills.[1]
During the battle ofFort Griswold, Mills was amongst the soldiers. Bailey walked to the scene of the battle to find her uncle mortally wounded. Bailey returned home, saddled a horse for her aunt and then carried her baby cousin back to the fort to see Mills before he died. She also tended to other wounded combatants.
The story became a favorite story of the revolution. Bailey\'s future husband, Captain Elijah Bailey, was also in the battle and spent some time as a prisoner of war of the British. After the war, Captain Bailey became the postmaster of their home town. In later years, during the1812 War against the English, Bailey again came to the aid of the soldiers defendingNew Londonfrom a blockading English Fleet. On being told that the soldiers were running low on cartridge wadding she took off her petticoat and told them to use that. She became a celebrity in the aftermath of the war. Bailey died in Groton in 1851 and is buried in Starr Burying Ground Cemetery, Groton, Connecticut. She is locally remembered in the chapter name of theDaughters of the AmericanRevolution
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