Early Needlework Sampler, Hale Family Genealogy

Early Needlework Sampler Stitched with the Hale Family Genealogy, Leominster, Massachusetts, After 1804. Worked in silk threads on linen with a white circle within a floral spray at each corner, and enclosing six rows of the alphabet, a row of numbers, and the genealogy "Samuel Hale born May 25, 1749, married the widow Hepzibah/ Whitney Nov 29 1790 born Oct 1759, Their Children/ Charles born Sept 7 1791 Hepzibah born Oct 23 1793/ Eleanor born Oct 9 1795 Elias born Mar 29 1798/ Sally born Oct 16 1800 Joel born 15 1804." Frame: H: 17 in., W: 17.625 in., D: 1 in. Joel Hale was born September 8, 1804 in Leominster, Massachusetts.

17 x 17.625 x 1 in
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