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Title	Abigail Ursula Wooster's Sampler
Creator	Wooster, Abigail Ursula
Place	Waterbury (Conn.)
Topic	School children Dwellings
Genre	Needlework
Theme	Lifestyle
Description	The sampler is organized into four sections and includes the depiction of a Georgian style house. The sampler inscription is: "Abigail U Woosters Sampler which she/ mark'd in the 11th year of her age under/ the instruction of Mary Mallory. June th18/ AD [one character] 1824". The second and third inscriptions read, from left to right: "Teach me to feel an others wo/ To hide the fault I see/ That mercy I to others show/ That mercy show to me" and "AU/ W".
Notes	Abigail Ursula Wooster grew up in Salem Bridge parish of Naugatuck, now known as Waterbury. She was the oldest child of Rhoda and Jesse Wooster. Her father prospered in the grist mill, drawing wire, clock, button and comb production industries. Abigail's teacher was Mary Mallory.
Date created	1824
Physical format	1 needlework picture ; 31.8 x 32.4 cm.
Digital format	image/jp2
Identifier	Accession number: 1972.20.0 File name: 1972_20_0.tif
Source	The Connecticut Historical Society
Rights	Reproduction and copyright information regarding this image is available from The Graphics Collection, The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.
Sub-collection	Artifacts

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