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Bright Liberty's Forgotten Sword and the Battle of Princeton

Bright Liberty's Forgotten Sword and the Battle of Princeton

Brasher, John Lawrence

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralGeneral Military HistoryRevolutionary Period (1775-1800)

ISBN10: 0578825058
ISBN13: 9780578825052
Publisher: John L. Brasher
Published: Dec 17 2020
Pages: 196
Weight: 1.16
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Captain James Moore of the Princeton, New Jersey, militia was a hero of the Revolutionary War Battle of Princeton. A four-decade genealogy search for the unknown original owner of a rare Revolutionary War silver-hilted sword discovers that the sword was his. This unique patriot sword, displaying anti-British iconography, reveals the lives and politics of the leaders and everyday people of Princeton in the Revolutionary War. The search for the story of the sword reveals its eighteenth-century context-its social meanings, its craftsmanship by a young New Jersey silversmith, the symbolism of its designs, and its celebration in ceremonies, art, song, and popular literature. This history is not only about a military artifact but about the dramatic Revolutionary War events in New Jersey that the sword witnessed. If you love American history, rare decorative antique objects, and a mystery, you won't put this book down until the last page is read. This story opens up a lost world of the struggle for American independence in the decisive time of the Revolutionary War.

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