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Title: Explosions at E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Powder Yards
Date(s): 1860/1885, 1860, 1885
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (collector), Du Pont, Francis Gurney, 1850-1904 (author)
Description: Handwritten accounts of explosions in the DuPont powder yards between 1815 and 1885. Handwritten by Francis Gurney du Pont between 1860 and 1885.
Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. Pierre Samuel "P.S." du Pont acquisitions (Accession LMSS.VIII)
Hagley ID: LMSS_8A_box1
Collection: Pierre Samuel "P.S." du Pont acquisitions (Longwood)

Title: Map, Eleutherian Mills, 1818-03-26
Date(s): 1818-03-26
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (collector), Denizot, Gabriel (originator)
Description: Map of Eleutherian Mills included in Denizot's Letter No. 9.
Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. Pierre Samuel "P.S." du Pont acquisitions (Accession LMSS.VIII)
Hagley ID: LMSS8A_Denizot_Map
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, Brandywine Works maps and plans gallery, Pierre Samuel "P.S." du Pont acquisitions (Longwood)

Title: Correspondence, Elizabeth Tatnall Gillis to Edward T. Gillis, 1854-05-31
Date(s): 1854-05-31
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (collector), Gillis, Elizabeth Tatnall (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence from Elizabeth Tatnall Gillis to her son describing the explosion of three DuPont Company powder wagons in Wilmington and the accidents immediate aftermath.
Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. Pierre Samuel "P.S." du Pont acquisitions (Accession LMSS.VIII)
Hagley ID: 20101123_09
Collection: Pierre Samuel "P.S." du Pont acquisitions (Longwood)