- Maker
- Jordan, Sarah A. (age 12) (1819-1845)
- Date made
- 1831
- Origin
- Valley Creek, Dallas County, Alabama US
- Stitches
- Cross over 1, and 2, Buttonhole, Four sided, Eyelet, Irish, Queen, Straight
- In Bolton & Co.
- No
- Foundation Cloth
- Linen
- Embroidery Thread
- Silk
- Predominent Motif
- 5 alphabets. Various cross bands. At the bottom on an eyelet stitched lawn a large building in the center (the school?) with a tree and a house on both sides. Arcaded filled leaf(?) border up both sides and across the top. (Note): Valley Creek Academy was established on January 6, 1829, to educate children of the region?s small but growing planter population. In 1841, the institution was rechartered as the Methodist Church?s new Centenary Institute. From 1845 to 1865, it was the most acclaimed academic institution in Central Alabama, with as many as five hundred students each year.
- Inscription
- When all thy mercies O my God / My rising soul surveys / Transported with the view I?m lost / In wonder love and praise. / Oh how shall words with equal war / mth The gratitude declare / That glows within my ravished heart / But thou canst read it there. / Wrought by Sarah A Jordan Valley Creek Academy Dec th 7th 1831 //
- Length Without Frame
- 16 1/2"
- Width Without Frame
- 17 1/4"
- Historical Owner
- #2010.61 Museum purchase - Mr. & Mrs. Stuart H. Brown
- Owner
- Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA
- Owner Private
- Colonial Williamsburg
