1985

SARAH, GREAT GRANDMOTHER to peter Talbot, Massacheucetts, QUILT GIVEN TO ADAIRE BECAUSE OF HER INTEREST IN QUILT HISTORY. THERE ARE 2 OR DRESSER SCARVES OF THE SAME LOG CABIN PATTERN. SOME FABRIC OLDER THAN 1885, VERY WORN ALTHOUGH SOME SQUARES CLEAR COLOUR. WHEN SARAH COMPLETED HER STUDIES HER FIRST JOB WAS IN A BOOK STORE IN BOSTON, "LITTLE WOMEN" BY ALCOTT WAS NEW ON THE SHELVES, A BOOK SHE ENJOYED, A FINE LOOKING CUSTOMER CAME IN ON DAY; SARAH SUGGESTED "LITTLE WOMEN" "NO" SAID THE LADY "I HAVE NO INTEREST IN THAT BOOK" THIS WAS THE AUTHOR. THEY BECAME FRIENDS.