A guide to primary material at the Hagley Museum and Library. For access to the contents of this collection contact Hagley at research@hagley.org or 302-654-2800.
Letter from Montpelier owner, Louis F. Detrick to his realtors, Alex Yearley & Son declaring his resolve not to lower his price on the estate without hearing a reasonable counter-offer and further defending his asking price by noting the recent...
Handwritten on back: "Boule cabinets. Louis XV. red tortoise shell with brass inlay sold only together." Handwritten on envelope: "Furniture offered by Clifford W. Ashley November 1908. Offered for Sale to P.S. du Pont."
Text from back of photo: 'Dale (Red) Jackson and Forest O'Brien, St. Louis fliers, are tuning up their endurance plane to break record now held by the Hunter brothers of Sparta, Ill., which is 553 hours, 41 minutes. Prior to the Hunter boys feat...