Proceedings in the House of Representatives of the United States: On the Presentation of the Sword of Washington and the Staff of Franklin, February 7, 1843 (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Excerpt from Proceedings in the House of Representatives of the United States: On the Presentation of the Sword of Washington and the Staff of Franklin, February 7, 1843

In the distribution of the swords hereby devised among the five nephews therein enumerated, the one now presented fell to the share of samuel washington, the devisee last named in the clause of the will which I have just read.

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Excerpt from Proceedings in the House of Representatives of the United States: On the Presentation of the Sword of Washington and the Staff of Franklin, February 7, 1843

Mr. Summers, one of the Representatives from the State of Virginia, rose, and addressed the House as follows:

Mr. Speaker: I rise for the purpose of discharging an office not connected with the ordinary business of a legislative assembly. Yet, in asking permission to interrupt, for a moment, the regular order of parliamentary proceedings, I cannot doubt that the proposition which I have to submit will prove as gratifying as it may be unusual.

Mr. Samuel T. Washington, a citizen of Kanawha county, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and one of my constituents, has honored me with the commission of presenting, in his name and on his behalf, to the Congress of the United States, and through that body to the People of the United States, two most interesting and valuable relics connected with the past history of our country, and with men whose achievements, both in the field and in the cabinet, best illustrate and adorn our annals.

One is the Sword worn by George Washington, first as a Colonel in the Colonial service of Virginia, in Forbes's campaign against the French and Indians, and afterwards during the whole period of the war of Independence as Commander-in-chief of the American army.

It is a plain couteau, or hanger, with a green hilt and silver guard. On the upper ward of the scabbard is engraven, "J. Bailey, Fish Kill." It is accompanied by a buckskin belt, which is secured by a silver buckle and clasp, whereon are engraven the letters "G. W." and the figures "1757."

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