Sam Houston's Hunting Knife
date: label: associated dates
content: 1800-1850
label: associated dates
content: 1850-1870
name: label: user
content: Houston, Sam
label: recipient
content: Dean, Nicholas
notes: label: Description
content: Physical Description
label: Description
content: Steel with wooden handle. The handle has an eight-point star-shaped plate with “Houston” inscribed on it.
label: Description
content: Specific History
label: Description
content: This hunting knife was owned by Sam Houston. In the mid-19th century, Houston presented the knife to New York lawyer Nicholas Dean.
label: Description
content: General History
label: Description
content: Sam Houston emerged as a prominent player in the affairs of Texas. Houston was elected commander in chief of the armies of Texas and took control of the Texas forces after the fall of the Alamo. On April 21, 1836, his force defeated Santa Anna and secured Texas independence. Houston was elected the first president of the Republic of Texas. After statehood in 1845, Houston was elected senator from Texas to the Congress of the United States.
place: label: used
content: United States: Texas
label: associated place
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Hunting
label: related event
content: Expansion and Reform
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, General
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content: Military
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content: ThinkFinity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dorothy B. Libbey
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1990.0546.01.01
label: catalog number
content: 1990.0546.01.01
label: accession number
content: 1990.0546
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife
label: Other Terms
content: knife; Edged Weapons; Hunting
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: silver (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: steel (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.3 cm; x 8 in
label: Measurements
content: blade: 12.3 cm; x 4 13/16 in