Eliza Jane Smyth 1840 Sampler Pattern PDF cross stitch 5 million Irish sailed for

5 million Irish sailed for America

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32ct linen natural linen and DMC threads were used

Design Area: 110 stitches wide by 50 stitches high

Harriet was born 24 June 1807 in Penistone

Eliza Jane Smyth 1840 Sampler Pattern PDF cross stitch 5 million Irish sailed forEliza Jane was only 12 years old when she created such an elegant sampler with the most unusual rose border. Eliza Jane is from Ireland, and not much is known about her life. She most likely attended Mrs. Leathem's School in Londonderry (called Derry) a very similar sampler exists stitched by Frances Jane Hill. Jane stitched this at a time when the Poor Law was instated and right before the Great Hunger in 1845, almost 1 million lives were lost to