The Nathan Towson Sword Collection

MSA SC 2149
Dates	1834
Medium	Original, gold, silver and steel
Restrictions
Storage	Vault
Description
Presentation sword and scabbard for Colonel Nathan Towson (1784-1854) procured by the Maryland General Assembly, Resolution 63 of the Acts of 1832. The sword was designed by silversmith Thomas Fletcher of Fletcher and Gardiner, Philadelphia. See also MSA SC 176-1-322, Letter, Thomas Culbreth, Annapolis to Gov. James Thomas, "pardons, Col. Towson's sword, and illness of Culbreth's son Philip"