Sword belonging to Captain Nathan Heald
- Image
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- Created Date
- circa 1810
- Description
Steel sword with curved single-edge blade. Brass hilt. Rain guard on the hilt has small engraved decorations of eagle, flowers and cannons. Pommel on the hilt is a detailed bald eagle head. Grip is black.
- Contributing Institution
- Chicago History Museum
- Subjects
- Weapons
Swords
Heald, Nathan, 1775-1832
Fort Dearborn Massacre (1812 : Chicago, Ill.)
Pioneers
Indigenous peoples of North America - Type
- physical object
- Format
- Length: (35.5 in)Steel (alloy)Brass (alloy)
- Language
- English
- Rights
- © Chicago Historical Society, published on or before 2016, all rights reserved.
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- Chicago citation style
- Sword belonging to Captain Nathan Heald. circa 1810. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1821. (Accessed April 19, 2024.)
- APA citation style
- (circa 1810) Sword belonging to Captain Nathan Heald. Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America, http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1821
- MLA citation style
- Retrieved from the Digital Public Library of America <http://collections.carli.illinois.edu/cdm/ref/collection/chm_museum/id/1821>.