- Maker
- Libby, Eliza
- Date made
- 1822
- Origin
- Gorham, ME US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No Verse #639 2793 Page 335
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Family register done in stitched box in the center of the sampler. Meandering flower border all four sides.
- Inscription
- EDWARD LIBBY Born Feb 8th 1761 / ELIZABETH LIBBY born Feb 8th 1769 / SEWALL LIBBY born Jan 10th 1793 / DOROTHY LIBBY born Sept 4th 1794 / SALLY LIBBY born June 11th 1796 / GARDNER LIBBY born Jan 22 1798 / HANNAH LIBBY born Jan 18th 1800 / MARRETT LIBBY born May 3 1802 / ELIZA LIBBY born May 6th 1804 / JOSEPH LIBBY born Mar 10th 1806 / ALVAH LIBBY born Feb 11th 1808 / EBENEZER H LIBBY born Dec 22 1810 MARIA LIBBY born Apr 19th 1813 / Wrought in the year of our Lord 1822 In the Town / of Gorham County of Cumberland State of Maine / Tis virtue only makes our bliss below / and all our knowledge is ourselves to know //
- Historical Owner
- Inherited
- Owner
- Private collector
- Owner Private
- Martha A. Timothy