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Alphabet sampler; small square on green linen ground; cross stitch with cross stitch border. Polychromatic lettering. Alphabets: #1-complete, #2 - missing "J"; Numbers"1-12"
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Sampler
""Hannah Childs aged 8/ Westborough Sept. 1807""
Childs, Hannah, 1799- (Embroiderer)
6 1/4 x 7 (HxW) (inches)
Gift from Mrs. Annette Hill
1955.29
Westborough (Worcester county, Massachusetts)
Massachusetts (United States)
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