Names and history on quilt suggest it was made between 1847 and 1850 for Anna Burn, who was presumably leaving her native Lancaster County or Cumberland County for points further. Names and inscriptions on the quilt include: Mrs. Elizabeth Burn, Monroe Twp., Cumberland Co.; Fanny Long, East Hempfield Twp., Lancaster Co.; Mary Erismane, Rapho Twp., Lancaster Co.; Maria Rohrer, Rapho Twp., Lancaster Co.; Frances Brandt, Worleystown, Pa., September 7, 1849; Maria Long, East Hempfield Twp., Lancaster Co.; Maria Euesler, Monroe Twp., Cumberland Co., 1849; Elizabeth Burn, Monroe Twp., Cumberland Co.; Harriet H. Boyer, Rapho Twp., Lancaster Co.; Mary Ann Brenneman, Rapho Twp., Lancaster Co.; Francis Erisman, Rapho Twp., Lancaster Co.; Elizabeth Erisman, Rapho Twp., Lancaster Co.; Esther Burn, Monroe Twp., Cumberland Co., Jan. 18, 1849, "When this you see, remember me, though distant far from you I be"; Fanny Strickler, Rapho Twp., Lancaster Co.; Sarah Moyers, Rapho Twp., Lancaster Co.; Anna Burn, Monroe Twp., Cumberland Co., Jan. 8, 1849; Elizabeth M. Kauffman, Sporting Hill, Lancaster Co., May 29, 1848; Anna Kauffman, Rapho Twp., Lancaster Co.; Addaline Strickler, Rapho Twp., Lancaster Co.; Eliza Brandt, Nov. 15, 1847; Leah A.B. Neasley, Nov. 15, 1847; Matilda Brandt, February 1st 1850; Maria Metz, Clarence Twp., Erie Co., 1849; Elizabeth Strickler, Rapho Twp., Lancaster Co.; Mrs. Elizabeth Ebberly, Cumberland Co., 1849, "When this you receive, look upon it as a remembrance of the one who gave it if your face I should never see. I hope we may not meet beyond the grave, lines written as a remembrance to Miss Anna Burn." A later central inscription reads, "From Aunt Anna Burn to Ida Burn Lebman from her to Margaret Burn Gottshall. Year 1912."