Emily Ann Dearborn Wadleigh's Exeter, New Hampshire Needlework Register Sampler, 1840. Stitched "Emily A. Dearborn's Sampler Wrought in 1840."

Frame: H: 19.75 in., W: 20.5 in., D: 0.875 in.

Emily Ann Dearborn was born January 5, 1822 in Hampton, Rockingham County, New Hampshire. In 1844 she married William Wadleigh (b. December 12, 1793 in Epping) in Exeter and together they had one daughter, Minnie Cora Wadleigh (1860-1922). Emily died on June 11, 1905 in Exeter.