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22 Mary E. Waitt, 1835, Danvers, Massachusetts Ten year old Mary Elizabeth Waitt of Danvers, Massachusetts worked this neat and refined sampler under the tutelage of \ Susan Huse\the choice of blue, beige, and dark brown silks. Samplers produced in the Quaker design appear to have been produced in the Danvers area in some quantity. Our samplermaker was the daughter of Samuel and Harriet (Carter) Waitt, born in April1825; she married George Rackliff of Salem in February 1846. Our attempts to identify the instructress reveal a Mrs. Susan Huse (1792- 1849) of Essex County, Massachusetts. The sampler was worked in silk on linen and is in excellent condition, conservation mounted into a black painted and molded frame. Sampler size: 12'/2'' X 12\Price: $1,625. M. Finkel t;;j Daughter. DDDDDDDD