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![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, octagon with border, n.d. Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000001 |
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![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, memorial to Elizabeth Seamans, n.d. Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000002 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Betsey Williams, 1796 Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000003 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | S. R., 1798 Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000004 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Rebeckah Bullfinch, 1798 Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Rhode Island Historical Society SA000005 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Ann Barton, 1800 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000006 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Eliza A. Taylor, 1811 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000007 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Mary A. Brown, 1818 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000008 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Mary B. Cleavland, 1823 Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000009 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Melisa Usher, 1829 Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000010 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, pine tree band, n.d. Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000011 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Maria N. Barker, 1830 Middletown, Newport County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000012 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Betsey Hamlet, 1831 Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire Rhode Island Historical Society SA000013 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Mary Brooks, 1833 Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Rhode Island Historical Society SA000014 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Abigail Dix, 1836 Waltham, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Rhode Island Historical Society SA000015 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Sarah T. Borden, 1838 Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000016 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Harriet Henrietta Eggleston, 1838 Litchfield County, Connecticut Rhode Island Historical Society SA000017 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | C. H. Child, n.d. Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000018 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Hannah E. Magill, 1841 Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Rhode Island Historical Society SA000019 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Eliza Barnes Weeden, 1879 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000020 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Susan Angell, n.d. Scituate, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000021 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Patience Peck, n.d. Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000022 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Elizabeth F. Bowen, n.d. Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000023 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, two verses, n.d. Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000024 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, alphabet, n.d. Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000025 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Lydia Bond, 1794 Leicester, Worcester County, Massachusetts Rhode Island Historical Society SA000026 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Polly Fuller, 1790 Needham, Norfolk County, Massachusetts Rhode Island Historical Society SA000027 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, reclining shepherdess, n.d. Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts Rhode Island Historical Society SA000028 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Judith Paul, 1791 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000029 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Betsy Harris, n.d. Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000030 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Charlotte Osgood, 1817 Newburyport, Essex County, Massachusetts Rhode Island Historical Society SA000031 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Lucy Child, n.d. Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Rhode Island Historical Society SA000032 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Eliza A. Metcalf, c. 1818 Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massacusetts Rhode Island Historical Society SA000033 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Amey Randall, 1793 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000034 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Mary Chase Lewis, c. 1839 Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000035 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Caroline Newbold, 1817 Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Rhode Island Historical Society SA000036 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Caroline Newbold, 1818 Middletown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Rhode Island Historical Society SA000037 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Elisa Harriet Arnold Allen, 1831 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000038 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Sarah Russell Warren, 1830 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000039 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Louisa Maria Dexter, 1836 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000040 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Louisa Maria Dexter, n.d. Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000041 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Avis Harris, 1814 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000042 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, six alphabets, n.d. Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000043 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Julia Rowe, 1811 Greenfield, Franklin County, Massachusetts Rhode Island Historical Society SA000044 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Mary Arnold Potter, 1806 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000045 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Katherine Holden, 1733 Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000046 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Harriet W. Thorp, 1840 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000047 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Phebe Aldrich Scott, c. 1814 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000048 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Sarah F. Sweet, n.d. Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000049 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Dinah Collins, 1818 Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000050 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Sarah Lewis Sisson, 1829 Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000051 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Janet Russell, 1825 Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000052 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Ann Holberton, 1824 Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000053 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Betsey Chase, c. 1789 Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000054 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Caroline Frances Olney, n.d. Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000055 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Susan Arnold Burrill, 1810 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000056 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Sarah Ann Curry Deans, c. 1815 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000057 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Lucy Horton, 1835 Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000058 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Elizabeth Horton, 1821 Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000059 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Lucy Horton, n.d. Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000060 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Sarah Brown, 1799 Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000061 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, two alphabets, n.d. Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000062 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, three alphabets, n.d. Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000063 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, diamond border, n.d. Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000064 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Mary Balch, 1773 Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000065 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Mary Wilbur, n.d. Hopkinton, Washington County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000066 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Sarah Rogers, 1746 Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000067 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Mary Balch, 1794 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000068 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Patty Davis, 1793 Warren, Bristol County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000069 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Maria Barrows, n.d. Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000070 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Abigail Guild, 1802 Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000071 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Elizabeth Rhodes, n.d. Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000072 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Elizabeth Rhodes, n.d. Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000073 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Hannah R. Rawson, n.d. Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000074 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Jane Whitman, 1756 Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000075 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, wool alphabets, n.d. Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000076 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Elizabeth Southworth, n.d. Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000077 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Mary Freeborn, 1743 Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000078 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Elizabeth Irwin, 1814 Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000079 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, parting of Hector & Andromache, n.d. Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000080 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Almira Cady, 1814 Possibly Providence, Possibly Providence County, Possibly Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000081 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, memorial to Allen family, n.d. Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000082 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Elizabeth Weeden Bartlett, n.d. Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000083 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Elizabeth Allen, 1793 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000084 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Sarah Austin, 1822 Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000085 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, unfinished pocketbook, n.d. Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000086 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Hannah Coffin, 1808 Mechanic, Dutchess County, New York Rhode Island Historical Society SA000087 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Martha S. Hazard, 1859 Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000088 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Frances B. Irish, 1827 Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000089 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Eliza Aborn, 1794 Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000090 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Polly Gardner, 1805 East Greenwich, Kent County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000091 |
Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, three alphabets, n.d Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000092 | |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Lydia W. Arnold, 1817 Warwick, Kent County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000093 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, unfinished verse, n.d. Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000094 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Unknown, unfinished alphabet, n.d. Unknown Rhode Island Historical Society SA000095 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Phebe Sprague, 1807 Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000096 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Mary Sprague, 1807 Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000097 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Diana Thornton, 1813 possibly Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000098 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Eliza Arnold Nichols, 1829 Wickford, Washington County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000099 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Sally Ann Remington, 1818 Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000100 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Rebecca G. Starkweather, 1811 probably Pawtucket, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000101 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Louisa Sisson Whitman, 1839 Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000102 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Lydia W. Searlle, n.d. Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000103 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Olive L. Aldrich, 1835 Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000104 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Chloe Allen, 1802 Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000105 |
![]() | Title: Place Made: Contributor: Sampler Archive ID: | Rhoda Williams, 1799 Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island Rhode Island Historical Society SA000106 |