- Maker
- Mott, Amanda
- Date made
- ca. 1824 (?)
- Origin
- Moreau, Saratoga Cnty, NY US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 7 alphabets: uppercase script missing the J, all others are complete although some letters are backwards. Last has both the long and the short style S. 3 ampersands. Numbers 1-10. Simple lines. Narrow border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Amanda Mott's Sampler Moreau Saratoga County N Y / A Record of James Mott's Family l8 ?? (last two numbers are missing). (On the L side): James Mott was born / Nov the 15 1783 / Anstis Merritt was born / March the 11th 1789 / Samuel Mott was born / March the 8th 1806 / Amand Mott was born / Jan the 19th 1808 / Joseph M Mott was born / April the 22nd 1810 / Richard Mott was born / Aptril the 3rd 1812 / Rebecca Mott was born / May the 5th 1814 / James H Mott was born / May the 31st 1816 / (In the center): Walter Mott was born / April the 14th 1821 / Nathan S Mott was born / April the 25th 1823 / Anna S Mott was born / Jan the 2nd 1825 / Anna Mott was born / March the 2nd 1827 / Zebulon J Mott was born / Sept the 13th 1829 / Smith Mott was born / April the 28th 1832 / Anstis Mary Mott was / born Aprl the 11th 1835 / (On the R side): Nathan S Mott Died Nov / the 15th (Note: Amanda removed the last two numbers from her sampler. The alphabets at the top of the sampler suggest that it is possible that she started stitching when she was perhaps 14 and added the rest later. Many stitchers also removed dates so their age would not be revealed)//
- Historical Owner
- #1986.016.0055
- Owner
- Chapman Historical Museum, Glens Falls, NY
- Owner Private
- Chapman Historical Museum
