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Quilt Exhibit Among the Museum Collection

Patch From Friendship Quilt: The grass that grows beneath thow feet, The sparkling dew drops say our time is short–for we alas Must quickly past away. ~~Maria Stoutenburgh, b—-, died 1877.

This patch from Maria Stoutenburgh’s Friendship Quilt is just one of many exhibits you’ll find in the William Stoutenburgh Historic Homesite.


The grass that grows beneath thow feet,
The sparkling dew drops say our time is short–
     for we alas
Must quickly past away.

~~Maria Stoutenburgh, b—-, died 1877.