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action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home/goodspeedhist/public_html/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Hunterdon County Needlework<\/em> and Hunterdon County in the Civil War<\/em>.<\/p>\n On Saturday (June 1st) I visited the Hunterdon County Historical Society in Flemington to see what had become of the familiar old Deats Memorial Library. Significant changes have been taking place there, triggered by the need to meet building requirements for handicap access. The results are impressive, and I am looking forward to spending time in these new digs.<\/p>\n <\/a>There was a special reason for going to the HCHS on June 1st. Dan and Marty Campanelli were there to sign copies of their new book, A Sampling of Hunterdon County Needlework; the motifs, the makers & their stories<\/i>. The book contains 74 examples of 18th\u00ac\u2020and 19th\u00ac\u2020century samplers made by girls and young women who lived in Hunterdon County. \u00ac\u2020I never would have dreamed so many of these old works would still be around, and that Dan and Marty were able to track them down.<\/p>\n They got a wonderful turnout on Saturday, and us visitors were rewarded, not just with signed copies of the book, but the chance to see many of the samplers that were featured, and I have to say, some of them were just drop-dead gorgeous. The photographs in the book are wonderful, but they can never match the beauty of the objects themselves.<\/p>\n The book costs $25 plus $7 for shipping, and all proceeds benefit the Hunterdon Co. Historical Society. I think you can order online by visiting the HCHS webpage<\/a>.\u00ac\u2020Or you can call the Society at 908-782-1091 for more information.<\/p>\n There was one sample in particular that caught my attention. It was made by Harriet Buchanan Trout, a young woman I wrote about in the last of my articles on Buchanan\u201a\u00c4\u00f4s Tavern<\/a>. It can be found on page 70 in the Campanelli book.<\/p>\nHunterdon County Needlework<\/h3>\n