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Middletown. Conc.^t 30^th Aug^t. 1820

His Excellency
Jos. M^cMinn

Sir

your favor of the 12^th ins^t I have
this day rec'd and I now proceed to give you
the information requested. The Blade of Col^o.
Johnson sword was damask, cure'd in the sabre
form, richly emboss'd and thirty two inches length
of blade. on the outer side of the grip of the hilt
were the arms of the United States. on the inner
side a plate surrounded by wreaths on which
was engraven the vote of congress. the head an
American Eagle with a collar of thunder bolts
around its neck and holding in its beak
an oaken wreath. the guard was form'd of
a bunch of scions bound together as emblematical
of the union of the States surmounted with a
bust of Ceres. the thumb pieces on each side of
the guard were form'd by a spread Eagle
holding in his talons a wreath compos'd of
emblems usually born by Ceres - On the scabt are
the bands to which the rings are attached some