- Maker
- Cooper, Eleanor (age 10)
- Date made
- ca. 1833
- Origin
- Pittston, ME US
- Stitches
- Cross
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- Cooper family register in the top half of this sampler. The lower half has a verse, an urn with flowers and a basket of flowers on R and L. In the unfinished area at the bottom there is one motif. Wavy border all four sides.
- Inscription
- Henry Cooper was born Oct. 9 1784 / Eleanor Cooper was born Dec. ? 1789 / Married Mary 1809 / Leonard Cooper was born July 22 1811 / Hiram Cooper was born Mar 8 1812 / William Cooper was born Oct 1814 / Henry Cooper was born Sept 14 1815 / Warren Cooper was born ???? 1816? / John Cooper was born Mar 2 1819 / George Cooper was born May ? 1822 / Eleanor Cooper was born Feb 24 1823 / James Cooper was born Mar 20 1825 / Columbus Cooper was born Feb 27 1827 / Mary Elizabeth was born ?????1829? / last birth is illegible // Eleanor Cooper is my name / America is my nation / Pittston is my dwelling Place / Christ is my salvation. / When I am dead and in my grave / And all my bones are rotten / Withis you see remember me / And mind not let me be forgotten //
- Historical Owner
- A86-581 Gift of Caro Cooper, 1967
- Owner
- Maine Historical Society, Portland, ME
- Owner Private
- Maine Historical Society
