McCall discusses powder shipments, selling notes, and saltpeter from Tennessee and Kentucky. Included is a copy of letter from a saltpeter buyer in Lexington, Kentucky.
Correspondence; Government contracts; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry;
Washington sends a letter of recommendation to Alexander Spotswood of Kentucky for E. I. du Pont de Nemours or Peter Bauduy during their trip to Virginia and Kentucky in search of domestic saltpeter sources. Washington notes that du Pont is a...
McCall discusses the company's contract for Kentucky saltpeter and includes an extract of a letter from his contact in Kentucky. He also discusses payments due in July.
A map of the Mammoth Cave, owned by Lexington, Kentucky saltpeter dealer Charles Wilkins. Wilkins and his brother John sold saltpeter to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company during the early nineteenth century.
Ashland KY-Surrounded by a chemical toilet, pick and axe, stretcher, surgical dressings, firefighting equipment, stove and rations, as well as old Kentucky ham and eggs, the first breakfast is served in an air raid shelter in American to American...
McCall discusses purchase of saltpeter from Kentucky and the state of saltpeter production there. He informs the company that George Harrison has told him that du Pont powder did not fare as well as other powders in a recent test.
