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Settlers eventually moved into present-day Vermont and established settlements farther up the Connecticut River in New Hampshire.

The town of Deerfield is home to a particular group of needlework samplers that share several defining features, known as the "White Dove" school.

Along with the doves, the style was typically characterized by an arrangement of baskets holding fruits and flowers, usually in a pyramid shape, sewn underneath an alphabet or verse, and surrounded by a three sided border.

[5] A well known example of the White Dove style was created by a girl named Esther Slate, at the age of ten years old in 1824.

Below the alphabets, Esther embroidered a garden scene, with a blue house in the center, flanked by two trees on either side, and a white picket fence surrounding them.

On the left hand side, birds perch on sunflowers and crops, while an elephant and a monkey reside underneath.

Though the instructor who taught this style is unknown, the surviving pieces of the White Dove school were created by the children of prominent families in the area, and are in the collection of Historic Deerfield.