Ames, Nathan P.

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Nathan P. Ames founded a cutlery business in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts in 1829 which among other things provided a large number of swords by contract to the United States government. The business relocated to Cabotville in 1834 and added a foundry which furnished most of the brass cannon for the United States army, as well as casting statues.

From the guide to the Nathan P. Ames Letters, 1834, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

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