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Title
Katherine Mayo's Sampler
Subject
Katherine Mayo's Sampler, made in Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Description
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 / are Rotin hear / YOV may see my name When I am ForgOtten Kat / harine MAYO her sample 1773." Stitches used: cross, crosslet, two-sided cross, marking cross, and Algerian eye.
Creator
Katherine Mayo
Source
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_643870
Publisher
National Museum of American History
Date
1773
Contributor
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood