CONTENTS VII 



French swords — Continued. Plate Page 



Saber owned by Maj. Gen. Frederick D. Grant 40 134 



Cavalry officer's saber, period of World War 39 134 



German swords 135 



Eighteenth century hunting sword 135 



Eighteenth century smaU swords 40 135 



Eighteenth century military sabers 40 135 



Sword owned by Gen. Jose Antonio Paez 44 136 



Early nineteenth century military sabers 40 136 



World War diplomatic sword 41 137 



World War officers' swords 41 137 



World War officers' sabers 41 138 



World War enlisted men's sabers 41 138 



Russian swords 41 139 



Swedish sword 140 



Scottish swords 42 140 



Spanish swords 141 



Sixteenth and seventeenth century swords 141 



Eighteenth and nineteenth century swords 42, 43 141 



Saber owned by Maj. Gen. George A. Custer 43 142 



Officer's presentation sword 144 



Nineteenth century cavalry sabers 43 144 



Diplomatic swords, 1824 to 1900 144 



Swords owned by — 



Sidney Mason, 1829 to 1835 45 145 



William L. Dayton, sr., and William L. Dayton, jr., 



1861 to 1865 46 145 



John Bigelow, 1865 to 1867 i--- 46 146 



Maj. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick, 1865 45 146 



Samuel F. B. Morse, 1867 45 146 



Appendix 1: Proceedings in Congress on the occasion of the presenta- 

 tion by Samuel T. Washington of the sword of George Washington and 

 the cane of Benjamin Franklin to the Congress of the United States, 



February 8, 1843 149 



Appendix 2: Original owners of swords in the United States National 



Museum collection 157 



Appendix 3: Contributors to the collection of swords in the United States 



National Museum 159 



Index 161 



