Collection consists of 18 appliqued quilt blocks. Many of which have inscriptions. The blocks are 9 1/2 -10" square. Each block is individually described below:
A - Friendship Block. Fleur de Lis pattern with central open space. Edges are turned under by whipstitching, 14 stitches per inch. Stitched to block is inked paper inscribed: "Hannah Hall".
B - Friendship Block. Stylized bows with a small, sawtooth-edged central open space. Background cotton is glazed. Raw edges are secured with buttonhose stitch, 30 per inch. Stitched ot block is paper inscribed in ink, "Miss Mary Warthman".
C - Friendship Block. FLeur de Lis pattern with central open space. Edges aare turned under and whistitched, 14 per inch. Center open space is stamped with floral garland surrounding the name, "Emmaline Evans".
D - Friendship Block. Fleur de Lis pattern with central open space. Edges are turned under and whipstitched, 12 per inch. Stitched to block is inked paper inscribed "Jane Hall, Philadelphia".
E - Friendship Block. Fleur de Lis pattern with central open space. Edges are turned under and whipstitched, 12 per inch. Stitched to block is inked paper inscribed "Mary Ann Dickinson, Du cannon, Pa."
F - Friendship Block. Fleur de Lis pattern with central open space. Edges are turned under and whiipstitched, 12 per inch.
G - Friendship Block. Fleur de Lis pattern with step outlined, on center square inscribed with the inked name, "Lydia Ann Warner" edges are turned under and whipstitched, 13 per inch.
H - Friendship BLock. Fleur de Lis pattern with central open space. Raw edges are secured with button hole stitch, 18 per inch. Stitched to block is inked paper inscribed: "May sorrow never on thee come/Mall thy joys increse/Unnumbered pleasures round thee bloom/And everlasting peace. Copied for Sarah H. Dickinson April 22nd 1849".
I - Friendship Block Fleur de Lis Pattern with central opeen space. Raw edges are secured with button stitch, 24 per inch. Stitched to block is inked paper inscribed, "Hannah H. Dickinson, Philadelphia".
J - Friendship Block. Fleur de Lis Pattern with central open space. Edges are turned under and whipstitched, 14 per inch. Signed in ink on back, "Louise A. (? indecipherable)"/
K - Friendship Block. Unfinished. Leaf pattern with central open space.
L - Honey Bee Block. Central solid square with 3 petal shapes on each corner. Ground fabric of glazed cotton is pieced. Edges of applique are turned under and whipstitched, 12 per inch.
M - Star & Leaf Block. Eight pointed central star with square open space in center surrounded by single and multiple leaf forms. Edges are turned under and finely whipstitched, 18 per inch.
N - Heart Block. Center heart with open space in center, four outward pointing heart shapes at each corner. edges are turned under and finely whipstitched, 20 per inch. Stitched to block is inked paper inscribed, "Lydia P. Wood, Mount Holly".
O - Clematis Block. Central four petaled form with four single petal shapes in each corner. Raw edges secured with button hole stitch, 30 per inch. Stitched to block is inked paper inscribed, "Sarah Hampton".
P - Star Block. Large single five-pointed center star with four smaller stars, one in each corner. Raw edges secured with button hole stitch, 32 per inch. Stitched to block is inked paper inscribed, "Mary Hampton".
Q - Garland of leaves and berries. Stitched to block are two pieces of inked paper inscribed, "John Hampton" and "John A. Hampton".
R - Chintz Applique Block. Motif of flower, buds, leaves and stem cut out of a printed cotton and appliqued to white cotton, with edges turned under using fine whipsti
