Artillery (Troops); Forts & fortifications; Military officers
Copy of du Pont's reply to a letter from Reichard, asking for du Pont's help in having his unit (Battery M, 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery) transferred out of Fort Delaware. Du Pont offers his help and advises Reichard of ways he can apply for a...
Letter from Henry du Pont to Lammot du Pont regarding a military officer who wanted to speak with Lammot about the prospect of detonating a ship loaded with gunpowder near a fort on the southern coast.
An agent in Cincinnati has slashed prices and has contacted some of A.V. du Pont's customers to trying to undersell them, asks for advice on the situation as to prices. Also discusses traveling to Nashville and the currency there. Du Pont expects...
Includes portraits of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, E. I. du Pont de Nemours, Alfred Victor du Pont, Henry du Pont, Eugene du Pont, T. Coleman du Pont, and Pierre S. du Pont.
Publicity photographs; Hobby horses; Families; Children
Typed on back: "150th ANNIVERSARY July 1952. E. I. du Pont with daughter Eleuthera. Hobby horse built for founder's son Henry by Brandywine Powdermen."
Typed on back: "Photograph of E. I. du Pont, III, while using some of the original Du Pont de Nemours & E. I. du Pont letter seals. P. S. du Pont Collection."
Typed on back: "Photograph of E. I. du Pont [III], taken at Longwood, while looking at some of the original Du Pont de Nemours manuscripts in the P. S. du Pont collection, and using E. I. du Pont's reading glass."
Admiral Du Pont sending via the steamer Massachusetts, two hundred-pounder rifle bolts (shells) and one forty-pounder recovered at Ft. Pulaskis, fired by sailors from the Wabash. He is sending them to Lammot for safe keeping and so not to alarm his...
Articles for du Pont, Bauduy, & Co. Proclaiming the establishment 20 shares worth $2000 each: Peter Bauduy and E. I. du Pont both owned 4 shares, V. M. Gaverche and Ferdinand Bauduy 3 shares each, I.P. Gaverche 2 shares, Peter Bauduy on account of...
Typed on back: "150th ANNIVERSARY July 1952. E. I. du Pont with Du Pont de Nemours pistol, a bullet mould and powder cans all from the P. S. du Pont collection."
