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History in Needlework: Historical New Hampshire.

Title: History in Needlework: Historical New Hampshire.

Author: New Hampshire Historical Society (Concord, NH).

Call Number: 977.8 N5321h

Publication Information: Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1946.

Physical Description: p.9-13: illustrations.

Source: Concord, New Hampshire: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1946 Vol.2 (April 1946) Historical New Hampshire

Description: The article discusses the New Hampshire Historical Society's embroidery sampler collection. It examines the teaching of sampler-making and analyzes samples by several young women including those by Canterbury, New Hampshire residents Hannah Foster and her cousin Polly Foster, as well as one by U.S. politician Daniel Webster's sister Emily Webster. The author comments on the incorporation of verse into samplers and mourning pieces that commemorated deceased individuals. Images of several samplers are presented.

Subjects: Samplers., Embroidery., Needlework., New Hampshire History 1775-1865.

People: Webster, Emily.

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