This needlework is part of a known group of samplers wrought in late eighteenth century Massachusetts. The majority of young women who made these lived in Middlesex County. Several related examples have been published including a sampler by Anna Brown, wrought in 1797 and illustrated in Ring Girlhood Embroidery (New York, 1993), p. 77, figs. 75; a sampler by Hannah Cutters, wrought 1798 and illustrated Ring, p. 78, fig. 76; a sampler by Dorcas Stearns, wrought 1792 and illustrated Krueger, New England Samplers to 1840 (Sturbridge, 1978), fig. 18. An additional related sampler with sawtooth and scrolling border by Betsy Adams, wrought 1773, is ilustrated Krueger, fig. 17, and with the example illustrated here, comprises some of the earlier examples produced by this school.