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- GLC#
- GLC02711.09-View header record
- Type
- Objects
- Date
- circa 1844-1848
- Author/Creator
- Ames Manufacturing Company
- Title
- Sword of William E. Jones
- Place Written
- Chicopee, Massachusetts
- Pagination
- 1 steel sword Height: 98 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Non-commissioned officer's sword, model 1840. Used at West Point and owned by William E. Jones. Inscribed "Ames &Mfg. Co., Chicopee, Mass." The Ames Manufacturing Company was founded in 1835 in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The company manufactured small tools, cotton machinery, swords, and cannon; they contracted with the U.S. Government to provide several thousand guns for the War with Mexico in 1845. Ames produced more swords for the American military than any other company before or since.
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