Caption on reverse: "This photograph of Admiral Du Pont's house on the Louviers estate was given to Dorsey Gardner by Mrs. Du Pont (Aunt Sophie) and by him to me Bessie Gardner du Pont. In the photograph Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont and Mrs. Du...
Caption on reverse: "Picture taken on board the U.S.S. Wabash, in the harbor of Port Royal, South Carolina in 1862, and presented by J. C. Vail of Morristown, N.J. to Senator H. A. du Pont of Delaware in memory of Rear-Admiral S. F. Du Pont, April...
The E. I du Pont de Nemours & Company minute books document an important era in the history of the company from just before the turn of the twentieth century through the 1930s. The DuPont Company in this time went through many changes in structure...
Military officers; Navies; Blockades; Armored vessels
Career Navy officer Percival Drayton served as a junior commander in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron under Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont and later as Fleet Captain of the West Gulf Blockading Squadron under Rear-Admiral David G....
Military officers; Sailors; Navies; Ships; Ship equipment & rigging
Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont and staff standing on the quarterdeck of the U.S.S. Wabash. Many of the ship's sailors can be seen in the background.
Royal permission for Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours to accept the post and title of Conseiller Aulique at the court of Baden, 23 March 1773. Signed by King Louis XV and countersigned by the Duc d'Aiguillon, Ministre des Affaires Etrangeres.
Clockwise from left: "Pierre Samuel du Pont (Tintype); Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954) and Mary Lammot Belin Robertson (1869-1949)(tintype); Louisa d'Andelot du Pont"
Handwritten on back: "Left to right: Charles Copeland, 1867-1944. Mrs. Charles Copeland (Louisa d'Andelot du Pont), 1868-1926. Mrs. Paul Beck Belin (Lucie Sypherd Welles). Mr. Pierre Samuel du Pont II. Mrs Alice (Belin) du Pont."
Handwritten on back: "Mr. Paul Beck Belin (1875-1930). Mrs. Charles Copeland (Louisa d'Andelot du Pont, 1868-1926). Charles Copeland, 1867-1944. Mrs. Paul Beck Beck Belin (Lucie Sh? Welles), 1872-1948. Mr. Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954)."
Cartes de visite; Military officers; Uniforms; Portrait photographs
Carte de visite from an album possibly assembled by Henry Algernon du Pont. Handwritten caption: "Lieut. Preston U.S. Navy. Killed at Fort Fisher." Preston served as Flag Lieutenant under Rear-Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont. Preston died...