Current Exhibition:

Birth, Death, and Alphabets:

The Enduring Legacy of

Schoolgirl Needleworks Before 1850 

February 15 to April 30, 2025

Tuesday -- Friday,

10:00 - 1:00pmEST

Saturday 10:00 - 3:00pmEST

The Academy Building, Salisbury Association, 24 Main St, Salisbury CT 06068

In-person and Online Lecture:



An in-person and online lecture about this exhibition will be presented by Alexandra Peters at the Scoville Library on 2/22 at 4pm EST

Family record by a girl from the Saltmarsh family of Goffstown, New Hampshire. Silk on linen. She did not finish the border top right hand corner, but someone continued to add marriage and death dates. 

Phebe Adams (1794-1841) of Arlington, Massachusetts. Memorial in silk, ink, graphite and watercolor, to two of her younger siblings, Franklin, who died at 5 months in 1801, and Hannah, who died at 17 months in 1802. The two urns and the dress of the grieving mother are in gorgeous gold silk, typical of Abby Wright's School, South Hadley, Mass. 

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