Susanna Cox left behind a sampler she had done dated 1802. Martha Heuling, of Moorestown, NJ, made a lovely sampler in 1809 and has a portrait of the school centered on the front. There are deer frolicking below an unreadable verse which is embroidered within a square-shaped vine at the top. Some samplers did not include any alphabets at all, merely as many different varieties of stitches as the worker could fit in. These have been done in bands and included lovely pictures of flowers and almost any motif.
White needlework is a very rare find.
This was the crowning glory of a needleworker's accomplishments. The most minute attention had to be given to technique as there were no colors to detract the eye from the work. Lovely lace work and darning patterns were done with care and are highly treasured today. An all-white sampler was signed by Mary Jackson, dated 1788. Abigail Parkman's picture, worked with black silk threads in very fine tent stitch on canvas, is in the Cleveland Museum of Art.