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Two block alphabets with no "J" or "U" with each letter in alphabets and each word in inscription different color. Ten narrow decorative crossbands, three wide crossbands, and narrow geometric crossbands separating these and lettered rows; last…

This sampler by Katherine Mayo of Roxbury, MA, dating to 1773. Katharine included the inscription: "KathaR / INE MAYO IS / MY NaME NEW / ENGLaND IS MY / NaTION ROXBVRY IS MY / DWELLING PLACE AND / ChriSt is MY SalVatION / When I aM Dead & MY BONES /…

Hephzebah Baker made a sampler with a collection of geometric and floral bands, three alphabets, and floral designs. Stitches: Cross, Eyelet, Half cross, Knotted, Long and short, Satin, Stem, Straight, Bullions, herringbone, reversible cross

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.

A genealogy of Whitney's family, surrounded by flowers and two willow trees, columns and a winged cherub. Stitches: Cross, Eyelet, Running, Satin.

Three block alphabets; no "J" or "U." All alphabet letters and words in inscription done in alternating colors; geometric crossbands (some of them geometric flowering vines) separate all rows. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross,…

Eliza Ricker's sampler contains three sets of the alphabet, a set of numbers, a border made of flowers, and a poem that states "Teach me to feel anothers woe/ And hide the fault i see/ That mercy i to others show/ That mercy show to me"
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This sampler features two script alphabets to “X,” and there are also two block alphabets: one with 26 letters and one to “W” with “NOPQ” not worked but a space left for them. At the bottom of the sampler, is a two-story house (in perspective) with a…