RARE PRESENTATION TO ST.JEAN BAPTISTE SOCIETY FROM EMERSON GAYLORD

A RARE MODEL 1860 HIGHLY INGRAVED SWORD INGRAVED WITH )SPENCER ,MASS) ON ONE SIDE AND (ST.JEAN BAPTISTE SOCIETY) ON THE OTHER. MR EMERSON GAYLORD AND HIS FATHER WHO WAS REVEREND FROM 1875 TO 1882 ALONG WITH HIS PREVIOUS EMPLOYER JAMES T.AMES AND N.P AMES STARTED THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN SPENCER MASSASCHUSETTS. MR GAYLORD AFTER WORKING FOR HIS FRIEND, THE AMES FAMILLY BOUGHT MANY OF THE MOLDS AND PATTERNS FROM HIS OLD EMPLOYER ACCORDING TO RECORDS THAT WILL ACCOMPANY THE SWORD. THESE SWORDS WERE GIVEN AS A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION TO COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND FOUNDERS OF THE CHURCH. THIS SWORD IS BEAUTIFUL AND NOT A SOCIETY STYLE SWORD BUT A MILITARY 1860 STYLE. THE GAYLORD WRITING IS THE SAME AS ALL THE LATER AMES SWORDS. NOT UNUSUAL AS HE AND THE AMES WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH EACH OTHER SINCE THE 1840S. MR GAYLORD WAS A ACTIVE MEMBER IN SPENCER LATER IN LIFE AS A BANKER AND PRESIDENT OF THE BANK. THE SOCIETY FLORISHED TILL ONLY 55 MEMBERS WERE LEFT OUT OF 750 ORIGINAL MEMBERS. DISBANDED IN 1908. MR GAYLORD WAS CONTRATED BY AMES IN 1843 TO FURNISH LEATHER GOODS BY CONTRACT TO THE GOVERNMENT. MANY RECORDS WILL GO WITH THE SWORD. THE SWORD HAS ORIGINAL GOLD WASH AND WIRE AND WRAP. A NICE MASSASACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SWORD FROM THE LITTLE TOWN OF SPENCER. MANY OF THE TOWNS BUILDINGS, LAND AND SOCIETYS WERE BUILT AND SPONSORED BY THE AMES FAMILY OF CHICOPPEE AND THE EMERSON GAYLORD FAMILY. ENJOY THIS EASTCOAST PRESENTATION SWORD...

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