Horseman's Saber belonging to Major Benjamin Tallmadge
date: label: date made
content: 1776-1787
name: label: maker
content: Potter, James
label: maker
content: Potter, James
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Forged steel with a wooden and leather grip.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This horseman's saber belonged to Major Benjamin Talmadge of the Second Continental Dragoons.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: A horseman's saber tends to be longer to account for the height of the horse. American swordsmiths made distinctive heavy sabers such as this.
place: label: Associated Place
content: United States
topic: label: related event
content: American Revolution
label: related event
content: Revolution and the New Nation
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
label: Exhibition
content: Price of Freedom
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Emily Howell Wilkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.73542M
label: catalog number
content: 73542M
label: accession number
content: 285560
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Saber
label: Other Terms
content: Saber; Edged Weapons; Army; Cavalry; Officer
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 43 1/4 in x 3 in x 6 1/2 in; 109.855 cm x 7.62 cm x 16.51 cm