Ogden Daily Standard | 1892-01-13 | Page 8 | Colonel Ethan Allen's Sword

I 1 I 1 colonel ethein allens sword the sword which colonel ethan alle carried when ho lie demanded tho the sur rende of fort ticonderoga in tho tile namo name of th great jehovah jehova and the continental ca co crewl gress is by gl gift ft and inheritance the bonal property of a young newspaper of jackson amich alica Il hannibal annibal alien allen kins tho the sword is afield an old fashioned bl nicked and venerable twenty seven inches inch sa long and slightly curved the handle measures seven inches making the total length of the weapon thirty four inches the handle is of bono bone or horn born the mounting idof is of silver washed with gold the latter being partially worn off A dogs head of silver forms the end of the handle and from this to tho the guard runs a silver chain on knoof ono of the silver bands of the scabbard the name ethan alien allen Is engraved in large letters on another band E R brasher maker N york and on still stil another in lit script martin vosburg 1775 11 why this name appears no ono one knows st louis globe democrat