Tintype of Robert Smalls, who along with sixteen other slaves sailed the Confederate steamer "Planter" out of Charleston Harbor and into the hands of the U.S. Navy's South Atlantic Blockading Squadron on 13 May 1862. Smalls and his accomplices...
Text from back of image: "The U.S. Navy is making plans to carry on the work of Rear Admiral Robert Peary, U.S. Navy, discoverer of the North Pole, with an air expedition to the North Pole this coming summer. The famous discoverer was one of the...
Kemble requests an additional powder shipment and reports on how he plans to get powder samples to Captain John Cassin of the U.S. Navy. He asks what decision the DuPont Company came to regarding eprouvettes with for the U.S. Navy.
Painting by Xanthus Russell Smith depicting the capture of the Confederate ironclad "C.S.S. Atlanta" on 17 June 1863. The U.S. Navy monitor "U.S.S. Weehawken," assisted by the monitor "U.S.S. Nahant," captured the "Atlanta" after a brief...
Correspondence; Government contracts; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry;
Cornell encloses certificates and testimonies from U.S. Navy personnel regarding recent U.S. government tests of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and Decature & Atterberry gunpowder. The tests were carried out at the Long Island Navy Yard.
McCall congratulates the company on its powder contract with the U.S. Navy Department. He will send the copper that the company has requested and will send on drafts from the company for acceptance.
Correspondence; Government contracts; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry;
Mason reports on his discussions with Commodore John Rogers of the U.S. Navy Board regarding the potential purchase by the du Pont Company of under proof Navy powder.
