Phebe Williams, 1814. #SA001060

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Phebe Williams, 1814

Sampler Archive ID:	SA001060
Maker:	Phebe Williams
Maker Birthplace:	Sadsbury, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Maker Age:	16-18 years
Place Made:	Sadsbury, Chester or Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
School/Teacher:	unknown
Year Made:	1814
Decade Made:	1810-1819
Owner:	Westtown School
Accession Number:	S.44
Object Credit:	Gift of Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore College in 1946.
Contributor:	Westtown School

Physical Characteristics

Object type:

Sampler

Needlework techniques:

Embroidery

Shape:

Wide rectangle

Object Dimensions:

10 H x 13 W (inches)

Framed Dimensions:

There is no frame.

Borders:

None

Decorative Bands:

None

Dividing Lines:

Enclosures:

Cartouche
Cartouches: Yes

Text types:

Personal name, Place name, Date, Verse or other block of text, Verse, Maker signature

Text medium:

Stitched

Click to View Text Transcription:

Extract
Be sovreign grace the guardian of my youth
May heaven born virtue in my breast preside
While honour innocence and truth
Attend my steps and all my actions guide

Friendship's a pure a heaven descended flame
Worthy the happy region whence it came
The sacred tie that virtuous spirits binds
The golden chain that links immortl minds

Phebe Williams 1814
Sadsbury

Motifs/Symbols:

Geometric

Scenes/Pictures:

None

Ground:

Silk

Ground Condition:

Wear:
Cleanliness: stained surface dirt
Loss: none noted

Thread:

Silk

Thread Colors Front:

Green

Thread Condition:

Borders: Intact
Text: Intact
Symbols: Intact

Other Materials:

None

Stitch Types:

Cross, Satin, Tent

Thread Count:

Vertical:
Horizontal:

Maker History

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Birth Name:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
Birthdate:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
Birth Location:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com County: U.S. Quaker Meeting Records 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com State U.S. Quaker Meeting Records 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
Death Date:	U.S Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current on Ancestry.com
Death Location:
Religion:	U.S. Quaker Meeting Records 1681-1935 on Ancestry.com
Parents:	Early Maltby with some Roades History and that of the Maulsby Family in America ... by Ella Kent Barnard (Baltimore, 1909)	Early Maltby with some Roades History and that of the Maulsby Family in America ... by Ella Kent Barnard (Baltimore, 1909)	Death:
	Early Maltby with some Roades History and that of the Maulsby Family in America ... by Ella Kent Barnard (Baltimore, 1909)	Early Maltby with some Roades History and that of the Maulsby Family in America ... by Ella Kent Barnard (Baltimore, 1909)	Early Maltby with some Roades History and that of the Maulsby Family in America ... by Ella Kent Barnard (Baltimore, 1909)
Marriages:
	Spouse: Joseph C. Barnard	Birth:	Death:
	Date: Mar. 22, 1820	Place: Sadsbury Monthly Meeting

Children:

John Barnard

Birth: Feb. 1821

Death: 1854

Previous Owners:	Name: Friends Historical Library, Swarthmore College Relation to maker:
Conservation:
Exhibitions:
Literature:	Author(s): Mary Uhl Brooks Title: Threads of Useful Learning: Westtown School Samplers Publication/Publisher: Westtown School Date: 2015

Object Details