CONTENTS 



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Introduction ._ 1 



Aims of work 1 



Historical classification of military and naval swords ._ ._ 3 



Nomenclature of the sword 4 



Development of the American military sword ._._._ 6 



Evolution of American sword designs 7 



Manufacturers of American swords 9 



Development of the American naval sword _._._ 11 



Development of the European sword ._ 11 



Sources of information on swords and their owners 13 



Part 1: American Swords 15 



Military swords, 1750 to 1800 15 



Swords of English design 15 



Swords owned by — Plate 



Gen. George Washington 1 15 



Maj. Gen. Richard Montgomery 1 16 



Col. Jonas Johnston ._._._ 18 



Brig. Gen. Daniel Roberdeau 2 19 



Col. Robert Dodge 2 19 



Brig. Gen. John Cropper 2 20 



An unknown officer 3 20 



Maj. Jacob Morris 3 21 



Sword presented by Congress to Col. Return Jonathan Meigs- 3 22 



Officers ' sabers of the Revolution ._._ 23 



Saber owned by Lieut. Benjamin Mooers ._ 3 24 



Hessian sabers of the Revolution 24 



Saber owned by Col. William Dudley 9 24 



Military swords, 1800 to 1830 26 



Swords made by Nathan Starr & Son 4 26 



Swords owned by Col. Herman Gansevoort 4 26 



Officer's sword of about 1800 4 27 



Officers' swords, 1800 to 1825 5,6 27 



Presentation sword of Maj. Gen. Jacob Brown 6 30 



Presentation sword of Maj. Gen. Eleazer W. Ripley 6 31 



Sabers of early nineteenth century 32 



Saber owned by Capt. Mordecai Myers 9 33 



Dragoon sabers of German type 7 34 



Dragoon sabers made by Nathan Starr 7,8 34 



Dragoon officers' sabers, 1820 to 1830 8 35 



Militia officers' sabers .. .. 9,10 35 



Military swords, 1830 to 1850 37 



General officers' swords ._ 37 



Swords from the Alfred F. Hopkins collection 11 38 



Sword owned by Maj. Gen. Alexander Macomb 11 38 



Sword owned by Bvt. Maj. Gen. Thomas Swords 11 39 



Staff and line officers' swords ._ ._ 11 40 



