- Maker
- Ransom, Stella Maria (age 8)
- Date made
- 1842
- Origin
- Chatham, CT US
- Stitches
- Cross over 1 and 2, Algerian eye, Queen.
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 4 alphabets: the 4th ends at Y. Numbers 1-12. Several cross bands. Hem stitched border. Sampler is unfinished.
- Inscription
- Sweet mercies around me are spread / That fill my young heart with delight / Kind Parents and sisters and friends / I am happy from morning till night / Stella Maria Ransom aged 8 years / Chatham September 22nd 1840 / Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long in the / land which the l..... //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 3/4"
- Width Without Frame
- 17"
- Original Frame
- Unframed
- Historical Owner
- #1959.80.10 Gift of Harriet E. Burnham
- Owner
- Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, CT
- Owner Private
- Connecticut Historical Society
