Embroidered bookmark, 1827
Maria Patton made this embroidered bookmark to thank Catherine Jenkins for funding her 1827 voyage from the United States to the Hawaiian Islands, where Patton intended to become a missionary.
Connecting Threads: See the sampler in the “Necessary Needlework” section, made by a Hawaiian girl at a missionary school, taught by a shipmate of Maria Patton.
Wool and silk embroidered on paper, gift of Kate R. Low 3842