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English Silver Hilted Small Sword of Edmund Freeman from Eastham, Massachusettsc. 1707 

(Fort Ticonderoga)

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English Silver Hilted Small Sword

Hallmarked 1747 - 1748(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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 American or English Silver Hilted Small Sword

c. 1750(Sailor in Saddle)

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Silver Hilted Small Sword

18th Century (Fort Ticonderoga)

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English Silver Hilted Small Sword Presented to Major General Nathaniel Greene in 1781

c. 1765 - 1770(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

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English Silver Hilted Small Sword Presented to Major General Nathaniel Greene in 1781

c. 1765 - 1770(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

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English Silver Hilted Small Swordc. Late 18th Century 

(Bonhams - William H. Guthman Collection)

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English Infantry “Smallsword” Hanger 

c. 1720 - 1750(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

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 American Silver-Hilted Small Sword from Massachusettsby Thomas Edwards of Boston, 1701 - 1755

(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

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 American Silver-Hilted Small Sword from Massachusettsby Thomas Edwards of Boston, 1701 - 1755

(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

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 American Silver-Hilted Small Swordby Robert Fairchild of Stratford and Durham, Connecticut c. 1730

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 American Silver-Hilted Small Sword

by Bartholomew Schaats of New York c. 1730 - 1740

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 American Silver-Hilted Small Sword

by William Little of Newburyport, Massachusetts c. 1730

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 American Silver-Hilted Small Sword with Colichemarde Blade Owned by Captain William Robeson of Newport, Delaware

by John Stow c. 1775(Delaware Historical Society)

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 American Silver-Hilted Small Sword with Colichemarde Blade Owned by Captain William Robeson of Newport, Delaware

by John Stow c. 1775(Delaware Historical Society)

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Cut Steel Small Sword Marked “God Bless the Province of Carolina” c. 2nd Half 18th Century 

(Bonhams - William H. Guthman Collection)

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French “Model 1767” O!cer’s Small Swordc. 1767 - 1780

(Colonial Williamsburg Foundation)

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Court Sword Worn by Benjamin Franklin While in France

c. 1775(The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

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Court Sword Worn by Benjamin Franklin While in Francec. 1775

(The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

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Court Sword Worn by Benjamin Franklin While in Francec. 1775

(The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

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French Brass Hilted Small Sword with Colichemarde Blade18th Century 

(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

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French Brass Hilted Small Sword18th Century 

(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

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French Manufacture Small Sword of Colonel Marinus Willett 

 Awarded by the Continental Congress in 1785 or 1786(Metropolitan Museum of Art)

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European Silver Hilted Small SwordLate 17th Century 

(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

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European Silver Hilted Small SwordLate 17th Century 

(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

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European Silver Hilted Small Sword18th Century 

(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

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European Silver Hilted Small Sword18th Century 

(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

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Steel Hilted Mourning Sword18th Century 

(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

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European Brass Hilted Small Sword18th Century 

(Estate of Tom Wnuck of Rochester, New York)

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Continental Silver Hilted Small Sword Engraved “JP / Liberty or Death” c. 2nd Half 18th Century 

(Bonhams - William H. Guthman Collection)

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European Small Sword18th Century 

(Bonhams - William H. Guthman Collection)

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European Silver Hilted Small Swordc. Mid 18th Century 

(Bonhams - William H. Guthman Collection)

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Continental Brass Hilted Small Sword 18th Century 

(Bonhams - William H. Guthman Collection)

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European Bone Grip Small Sword18th Century 

(Private Collection)

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