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Family genealogy is centered above pair of weeping willow trees. At sides of sampler, vines with roses and buds twist around columns and continue upward forming an arch at top. One death record and worker's name at bottom, below weeping willow trees.…

Sarah Borden's sampler contains three sets of the alphabet and one set of numbers and a border. Stitches used: Cross stitch

There is a border, three sets of the alphabet, two sets of numbers, one done in part, a poem stating "This needlew/ork of mine cantell when I a child was le/ earned well and by my parnts i was taug/ht not then to spend my time for nought". Stitches…

STITCHES: cross, Algerian eye, long-armed cross, tent, rice.

Her sampler is made of three sets of the alphabet and two sets of numbers. Stitches used: Cross Stitch.

A sampler with multiple alphabets, a set of numbers, a verse stating "In thy fair book of the divine/ my God inscribe this to me/ There let a field some tumble Place/Beneath the slaughtered Lamb" Stitches used: Cross, Chain, Satin, Stem, Straight,…

A sampler made with the alphabet, numbers, a house, and a garden. Bordered with a geometric design. Stitches: Cross

A sampler with four sets of the alphabet, bordered with vines and flowers, a poem, and a picture of a house and yard at the bottom. Stitches used: Cross, Eyelet, Queen or rococo, Satin, Stem, hemstitch

Harriet Eggleston's sampler is surrounded by a border, containing four sets of the alphabet, one set of numbers, images of flowers at the bottom, and a verse, inscribed, "This I have done that you may see/What care my teacher took of me." Stitches…

Hannah Magil's sampler has three sets of the alphabet, a set of numbers, a border around the sampler, and an image of a house, plants, and animals. Stitches used: Cross and rice.