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<address><dfn><b><i><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal'>As
a quilter and with many Farnsworth relatives I would love to know what you find
out. I was struck though that many of the names on the Quilt could also
be from Samuel Farnsworth b. 1805 <st1:City w:st="on">Loudoun</st1:City>, <st1:State
w:st="on">Virginia</st1:State> d. Woodbine, Harrison county, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Iowa</st1:place></st1:State>. <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></b></dfn></address>
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<address><dfn><b><i><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>From</span></font></i></b></dfn><font
color=black><span lang=EN style='color:black'>: Melinda Talbot <<a
href="mailto:mtalbot@spnea.org?Subject=Re:%20Farnsworth%20Quilt">mtalbot@spnea.org</a>>
</span><br>
<dfn><b><i><span id=date>Date</i></b></dfn>: Fri Nov 30 2001 - 09:25:32 MST</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></address>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>I am researching a quilt in the collection
of the Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities that is
inscribed with 39 names, including 6 Farnsworths: Martha, Mrs. Samuel, Mary,
Luther, Olive, and Mary Ann. We believe the quilt was made in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City
w:st="on">Brookline</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">NH</st1:State></st1:place>
and it is dated 1848 and 1849. Do any of you know anything about these people
and the relationships between them? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Thank you in advance for your help. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Sincerely, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Melinda Talbot <br>
Assistant Curator <br>
Society for the Preservation of <st1:place w:st="on">New England</st1:place>
Antiquities <br>
<st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">141 Cambridge Street</st1:Street> <br>
<st1:City w:st="on">Boston</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">MA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode
w:st="on">02114</st1:PostalCode></st1:address> <br>
(617) 227-3957, ext. 235 <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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