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Elizabeth Lettitia Campbell, New Boston, New Hampshire, 182521Delicately stitched and presenting a lovely aesthetic, this sampler is signed, %u201cWrought by Elizabeth Lettitia Campbell in the tenth year of her age at M.G.C.%u2019s school Newboston Sept 18th 1825.%u201d New Boston is just west of Manchester, New Hampshire. The land was granted, in 1736, to inhabitants of Boston, Massachusetts and was named thusly. History of New Boston, New Hampshire by Elliott C. Cogswell (Boston, 1864) publishes information about the Campbell family and the parents of Elizabeth Lettitia Campbell, Thomas and Ann (Clark) Campbell: %u201cMr. Campbell was an excellent citizen, and exemplary in various walks of life, while his wife was an energetic, industrious, highminded Christian lady, adorning the domestic life by many virtues, and amid her cares, not forgetting her obligations to God. The largest hospitality in her house was always enjoyed, and the sick and needy ever found in her a friend and helper.%u201d Elizabeth was their 5th child, born on April 13, 1816.This sampler was worked when Elizabeth was only nine years old yet it exhibits a high level of competence in the needle arts. Several alphabets and the inscription are surrounded by an inner stepped border and the wide outer border is a graceful vine with leaves and flower buds. The palette is teal blue and off-white with some pale pinks. Elizabeth attended M.G.C.%u2019s school and while we don%u2019t know the name of the schoolteacher, a further study of New Boston samplers may reveal specifics. In 1845 Elizabeth married Luther McCutchin and they resided in New London, New Hampshire. Luther is said to have been one of the stalwart citizens of the state, whose countenance, %u201cbore the stamp of honest independence and earnest purpose, he was a man whose very bearing was an index of uprightness of heart and mind that dominated his life,%u201d according to A History of the Town of New London, Merrimack, County New Hampshire 1779 %u2013 1899(Concord, 1899). Further information about this family is included, as Luther was a greatly respected citizen who served his community, town and state and country, and Elizabeth was highly thought of as well. They became the parents of two children and Elizabeth died in 1888. Worked in silk on linen, the sampler is in excellent condition with some very slight loss near the edges. It has been conservation mounted and is in a molded and painted frame. Sampler size: 16%u00be%u201d x 17%u00bd%u201d Frame size: 18%u00be%u201d x 19%u00bd%u201d Price: $2850.