Hester Ann Posey's Sampler
date: label: Date made
content: 1837
name: label: maker
content: Posey, Hester Ann
notes: label: Description
content: Below family record, pyramidal monument (memorial to deceased sister) flanked by rosebushes and butterflies, under weeping willow tree, on ground-line worked in "crinkled" silk. To left of monument, verse in square outline, all lettering black. Border of geometric flowering vine on all four sides. Silk embroidery thread on linen ground. STITCHES: cross, crosslet, satin, stem. THREAD COUNT: warp 28, weft 31/in.<br>
label: Description
content: Inscriptions:<br>
label: Description
content: "A Family Reccord<br>Nathaniel and Margaret Po<i>f</i>[s]ey<br>The Parent's of tho<i>f</i>[s]e Children<br>SoPhia Maria Po<i>f</i>[s]ey born Oct 8th 1813<br>Fredrick Jerome Po<i>f</i>[s]ey born Feb 28 1815<br>Margaret Po<i>f</i>[s]ey born Dec 19th 1816<br>John Pitt<i>f</i>[s] Po<i>f</i>[s]ey born Oct 12 1818<br>Mary Jane Po<i>f</i>[s]ey born Dec 3d 1820<br>Hester Ann Po<i>f</i>[s]ey born Dec 28 1822<br>Nathaniel Boliver Po<i>f</i>[s]ey born April 11 1827<br>Henry Clay Po<i>f</i>[s]ey born Aug 14 1829"<br>
label: Description
content: To left of monument in square:<br>
label: Description
content: "Weep not my frien<br>d<i>f</i>[s]. a<i>f</i>[s] you pa<i>ff</i>[ss] by.<br>a<i>f</i>[s] you are now. <i>f</i>[s]o<br>once Wa<i>f</i>[s] I. a<i>f</i>[s] i<br>am now. So you<br>mu<i>f</i>[s]t be. prepare<br>to meet me in<br>Eternity."<br>
label: Description
content: Embroidered on the monument are the following words:<br>
label: Description
content: "sacred<br>to The - <br>Memory of<br>Margaret Posey<br>Who died Feb 2<br>A.D. 1824 aged 8 YS<br>1 Month and 14 days<br>
label: Description
content: Below monument:<br>"Hester. Ann. Posey<i>f</i>[s] Sampler Finished in the 15.th<br>year of her age. A.D. 1837."<br>
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content: <B>Background:</B><br>
label: Description
content: Hester was born on December 28, 1822, to Nathaniel and Margaret Posey in Baltimore, MD. Nathaniel and Margaret Kemp were married on October 9, 1812, in Frederick, Maryland. Hester was a teacher and did not marry. She died November 7, 1916 in Frederick, MD.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Maryland, Frederick
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content: Home and Community Life: Textiles
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content: Samplers
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content: Textiles
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Zebina Moses
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: TE.E365238
label: catalog number
content: E365238.000
label: accession number
content: 124238
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sampler
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: linen ( ground fabric material)
label: Physical Description
content: silk (embroidery thread material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25 1/4 in x 27 in; 64.135 cm x 68.58 cm