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Phebe Ackerman
Phebe Ackerman was born on September 3, 1821 in New Hackensack, a settlement in the town of Fishkill, Dutchess County, New York, 65 miles north of New York City. She was of Dutch decent, as was much of the population in that area. Her parents, Matthew Van Benschoten Ackerman and Helen M. Van Bramen Ackerman married in 1818 at the Reformed Dutch Church and had five children including Phebe and her ...
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Mary Cadwallader
The Cadwallader family of Philadelphia, beginning with John Cadwallader who emigrated from Wales in 1697, is one of the most distinguished families in the early history of America. Children, grandchildren and great grandchildren were prominent citizens of Quaker Philadelphia, contributing greatly to the life of the city. Cadwalladers founded libraries, hospitals and learned societies and were elec...
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Rebecca C. Fritts, Nine Partners School
The Nine Partners School was a very early and well-regarded Quaker school, established in 1796 and located in the village of Mechanic, Dutchess County, New York. The school attracted students from local families and many who traveled quite a distance to attend. Samplers made by female students there exhibit the strong Quaker characteristics found on samplers from the other fine Friends schools and...
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Charlotte Frye
Worked in 1811 by Charlotte Frye of Andover, Massachusetts, this splendid sampler boasts strong composition and outstanding color and contrast. A hilly lawn forms the base for little trees and potted plants and flowers with splendid blossoms on vines growing out of a pair of baskets and forming the side borders. Alphabets, a cautionary verse and Charlotte's inscription are all worked in carefully ...
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Postrema Ridgway
This splendid small pictorial sampler boasts excellent composition and outstanding needlework. It was made by nine-year-old Postrema Ridgway who was a Quaker girl from Burlington County, New Jersey, born in July of 1796. Her parents were John and Elizabeth (Paxson) Ridgway, whom each had descended from many generations of Burlington County Quakers. Postreme was the sixth of their nine children and...
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