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Two small cross-stitch samplers, with words stitched onto strips of yellow/cream material. The first reads 'Charlotte Waite' in red, the second 'Chloroform June the 9 1848' in green.

Cross-stitch samplers made by Charlotte Waite to commemorate a successful operation, 1848

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