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 1754 Newbury, MA, Sampler from Huber

Anna Fowler
Antique Needlework Sampler
Newbury, MA dated 1754

Anna worked this early Newbury sampler at age 14. It is inscribed: Anna Fowler Born March 2 1729 This/ Sampler I did the Year 1754. She included the verse Goodness and mercy ever follow those who/ Shape their Conduct by gods holy Laws Anna.

Anna was the 8th of 9 children born to Quaker Samuel Fowler (1703-1738) and Abigail Morgaridge (1725-1884). In 1772 at age 33 she married Blacksmith Samuel Jackman (b.1738) and they lived in Boscawen, NH.

Illustrated in Girlhood Embroidery by Betty Ring, p.114

Silk on linen; 18 ¾" x 12 ¼" sight, 20 ¾" x 14 ¼" framed.

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(860) 388-6809

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