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  1. www.metmuseum.org › about-the-met › collection-areasArms and Armor | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

    An important gift of more than 350 European small-swords, hunting swords, and daggers was donated in 1926 by the Parisian collector Jean Jacques Reubell (1851–1933) in memory of his wife and mother, each native New Yorkers.

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  2. www.mountvernon.org › preservation › collectionsWashington's Swords: An Interview with Erik Goldstein ...

    • Where Did Washington Obtain His Swords?
    • Were Any of Washington’s Swords Ever Used in Combat?
    • Do You Have A Favorite Washington Sword?
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    While we don’t know for sure when Washington obtained his first sword, he may well have been given one by an older male member of his family. The earliest sword known to have been his, the onyx handled cuttoe, dates from the early 1690s and is most likely an ancestral piece. Next in the chronological progression of Washington’s swords is the silver...

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    There is no doubt that Washington had a sword at his side each and every time he put on his uniform and appeared at the head of his command, either in the French and Indian War, the Revolutionary War, or in his role as Commander in Chief while President of the United States. That being said, it would be a mistake to imagine Washington brandishing h...

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    Not a fair question at all! Let’s start by saying that I have a least favorite sword – that’d be the Alte presentation sword, not that I don’t love it. First off, it arrived in a highly irregular fashion, and with a request for money to boot. Although it is a fine example of the craftsman’s art, I try to see it the way I feel Washington would have ...

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    Erik Goldstein is Curator of Mechanical Arts & Numismatics at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. He originally hails from New York City, and is a lifelong student of the numismatics, arms, military history and the material culture of the 17th & 18th centuries. After receiving a BA in Fine Arts/Illustration from Parsons School of Design, he joine...

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  3. www.poughkeepsiejournal.com › story › newsWashington’s favorite sword made by Fishkill cutler

    Oct 11, 2016 · John Quincy Adams — who was president of the United States from 1825 through 1829 and then a representative of Massachusetts — accepted the sword, which was initially put on public display at the...

  4. americanhistory.si.edu › collections › nmah_434865National Museum of American History

    Made in Fishkill, New York, by John Bailey, an immigrant cutler from Sheffield, England, the sword has a slightly curved, grooved steel blade, silver-mounted cross guard and pommel, and a green ivory grip. The sword was inherited by Washington’s nephew, Samuel T. Washington, an army captain.

  5. www.reddit.com › r › historyI need help identifying a sword found in New York. : r/history

    First off the sword was found in the state of New York in US about an hour North of New York City. I have no idea if it is actually historical piece…

  6. www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org › masterpiecesAmerican Officer’s Sword made by John Bailey

    American Officer’s Sword made by John Bailey. This Revolutionary War cuttoe, or hanger, was made by John Bailey in Fredericksburgh, New York, ca. 1778, and was carried by Adams Bailey of the Second Massachusetts Regiment. The sword retains its original leather scabbard.

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  8. www.metmuseum.org › articles › visitors-toDecorated Swords and the Artistry of Arms at Versailles

    Gentlemen carried elaborately decorated swords as a matter of daily dress, and the palace guard would have been armed as well, usually with ceremonial weapons intended to reflect the wealth and power of the State.