Object Details
- Description
- In November of 1861 Capt. Charles Wilkes, in command of the USS San Jacinto, stopped the British ship RMS Trent and arrested two Confederate diplomats, James Mason and John Slidell. While the British Government demanded an apology and the U.S. Government disavowed Wilkes' action, the people of Boston decided to reward Wilkes with this beautiful presentation sword.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- user
- Wilkes, Charles
- maker
- Shreve, Stanwood and Company
- date made
- 1862
- Credit Line
- Jane Wilkes
- Measurements
- overall: 32 3/4 in; 83.185 cm
- Object Name
- sword and scabbard
- Other Terms
- sword; sword and scabbard; Edged Weapons; Presentation
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