Name/Title
QuiltEntry/Object ID
5277aDescription
Signature or conversation quilt featuring several families from Wenham, MA as well as several other states, in the Snowflake/Old Italian pattern, made from multiple prints: red on white ground; blue on white ground; orange on white ground vermicular. Centers of crosses are plain muslin squares which have been signed in ink, some with captions or rhymed couplets, dates range from 1893 to 1904. Center square has an embroidered monogram, "B," and a spray of yellow flowers with green leaves and stems, with a circle around it in quilting stitches. Backing is pink with black and white, and pink, white and black stripes.
Signatures appear as follows:
C1, R1-7 (top to bottom):
February 14th, 1902
Marion Abbott
Gloucester
Mass
Annie L. Prince
[18]97
March 19th
Hannah T. Burnham
Bright as flowers
by thy life’s
fair hours
Wenham / Mass. (vertically on left and right)
Nellie A. Dodge
June 21, 1898
Francis E. Dodge
1895
Ernest B. Dodge
Beverly,
Mass
Andrew Dodge Trowt
Wenham,
Mass.
C2, R1-7:
Levi W. F. Dodge
Salem
Apr. 30
1900
Ellen A. Preston,
292 Dodge St.,
North Beverly,
Mass.
March 20, 1897
Irving L. Burnham
Wenham
March 3rd Mass
Judith A. Dodge
[N]ever trouble trouble,
[T]ill trouble troubles yo[u]
Sincerely,
Mrs. J. T. Mac[unreadable]
So. Tamwort[h]
Mar 7 [18]94(?) N. H.
S. [T.] Burnham
Wenham
Nature is the art of good
Man rises but time weighs
March 17th 1897
They are rich who have
True Friends
Mrs. Chas. H. Abbott
[#] 18 Elliott St. Beverly
Mass.
C3, R1-7:
Nathaniel P. Dodge
Peabody
April 28
1900
A mother’s love can
never die
Martha C. Dodge
March 13 Beverly
1898 Mass.
Alice M. Preston
292 Dodge St.,
Beverly,
Mass.,
March 17, 1896
May your joys be as
deep as the ocean
Your sorrows as lig[ht]
as the foam
Alice B. Dodg[e]
Wenham
Mass
March 27, 1896
Nov. 10, 1895
Mattie S. Dodge
Beverly
Mass
A day at a time, is the
way to love a happy life.
Your friend
Madeline J. Esgate
South Tamworth
N. H.
May 8, 1894
To common fate
thy mind resign
My lot today
tomorrow may be thine.
Lydia F. Burnham
Wenham
March 17 1987 Mass
C4, R1-7:
Emily M. Young
Wenham
1896 Mass
If we resolve to do our part
We shall be led to a higher
way
to do a better work than we
do today
Lizzie A Pease
Portland
Maine.
May 8, 1894
Ever your friend
Asnath D. Folsom
South Tamworth
N. H.
May 3, 1898
Abbie J. Bragdon
Beverly.
Mass.
Jan 5, 1895
Mary L. Bragdon
Beverly
Jan 5 1895 Mass
In friendship’s golden
chain regard me as a link
Eva E. Esgate
South Tamworth
N. H.
May 3, ‘94
C5, R1-7:
H. Abbie Dodge
June 21 – 1898
“‘Tis always
morning somewhere”
Julia M. Ober
Evanston
Ill
Feb 18,
1896
Joshua Bragdon
Danversport
Essex Co.
Mass
Dec. 30th 1898
Louis A. Dodge
June 21 – 1898
Mary E. Burnham
Wenham,
Mass.
Mar. 17th 1897
Mary J. Bragdon
Danversport
Mafs
Dec. 30, 1895
Sadie C. Prince
C6, R1-7:
Wm P. Dodge
June 21, 1898
Oct 5, 1896 (vertically, left side)
Forget me not
Abby M. Elliott
Beverly
Mass
Mary L. Prince
Forrest H. Abbott
Beverly
Mass
Sincerely your friend
Ida T Bragdon
Danversport
Mass
Dec 30, 1898
May 12 1897 (vertically on left side)
With kind regards
Matilda Low
Wenham
Mass
Walter C Abbott
Beverly
Mass
Dec. 28, 189[?]
Age 14 years old
C7, R1-7:
Harriet C. Dodge
June 22, 1898
Sophronia Bailey
Danvers
Jan 2nd
1893
It may be ours to be
noble, sweet, and pure
Helen A Senart
Center Ossipee
N. H.
May 8, 1894
E[s]ta Abbott
Beverly
Mass
Jan 5, 190[?]
H. Perley Dodge
Age 9
1895
A merry heart
doeth good like
a medicine
Sincerely yours,
Annie A. Esgate
So Tamworth
April 6 ’94 N. H.
Ruth H. Prince