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Title: Powder Testers du Pont used...and gave away!
Date(s): 1975-02
Contributor(s): Howard, Robert A., 1943-2012 (author)
Description: Article on the Regnier V-spring design powder testers used by E.I. du Pont during the first decades of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company operations.
Collection ID: Hagley reference file (Accession 2016.201)
Hagley ID: 20100307_0001
Collection: Hagley reference file

Title: Correspondence, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company to Henry Dearborn, Secretary of War, 1807-05-21 (Copy)
Date(s): 1807-05-21
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (collector), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (correspondent)
Description: The Company regrets it cannot send the requested samples of cannon powder to Secretary Dearborn and reports on French gunpowder standards.
Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records (Accession LMSS.V)
Hagley ID: 18060521_Dearborn
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Longwood)

Title: Correspondence, General John Mason, Superintendent of Indian Trade, to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1805-02-05
Date(s): 1805-02-05
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (collector), Mason, John, 1766-1849 (correspondent)
Description: Addressed to Peter Bauduy. Mason reports on his test of Du Pont gunpowder he received and prospects for selling Du Pont gunpowder to the U.S. War Department.
Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records (Accession LMSS.V)
Hagley ID: 18020205_mason
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Longwood)

Title: Correspondence, Callender Irvine, Superintendent of Military Stores, to E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1805-09-12
Date(s): 1805-09-12
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (collector), Irvine, Callender, 1775-1841 (correspondent), United States. War Department (correspondent)
Description: Irvine reports on tests of Du Pont powder.
Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records (Accession LMSS.V)
Hagley ID: 18050912_irvine
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Longwood)

Title: Correspondence, Henry Dearborn, Secretary of War, to E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1807-10-21
Date(s): 1807-10-21
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (collector), Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829 (correspondent), United States. War Department (originator)
Description: Dearborn writes of his disappointment in the performance of Du Pont gunpowder during government testing.
Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records (Accession LMSS.V)
Hagley ID: 18071021_dearborn
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Longwood)

Title: Correspondence, Henry Dearborn, Secretary of War, to E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1807-05-25
Date(s): 1807-05-25
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (collector), Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829 (correspondent), United States. War Department (originator)
Description: Dearborn discusses standards for gunpowder relative to French and English standards, and requests gunpowder be sent to Philadelphia.
Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records (Accession LMSS.V)
Hagley ID: 18070525_dearborn
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Longwood)

Title: Correspondence, Henry Dearborn, Secretary of War, to E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1806-02-25
Date(s): 1806-02-25
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (collector), Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829 (correspondent), United States. War Department (originator)
Description: Dearborn discusses expectations for cannon and musket gunpowder.
Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records (Accession LMSS.V)
Hagley ID: 18060225_dearborn
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Longwood)

Title: Correspondence, Henry Dearborn, Secretary of War, to E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, 1805-09-24
Date(s): 1805-09-24
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (collector), Dearborn, Henry, 1751-1829 (correspondent), United States. War Department (originator)
Description: Dearborn directs the company to extract saltpeter from damaged gunpowder for the U.S. government. He references the Du Pont Company's interest in proving powder and remanufacturing gunpowder for the U.S. government.
Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records (Accession LMSS.V)
Hagley ID: 18050924_dearborn
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Longwood)

Title: Correspondence, E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company to General John Mason and Thomas Taylor, 1816-10-07 (Drafts)
Date(s): 1816-10-07
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (collector), E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (correspondent)
Description: Company writes to General John Mason regarding tests of du Pont Company gunpowder by the U.S. Navy. Company writes to Captain Thomas Taylor in Baltimore regarding the delivery of grenades and the latest British Orders in Council. Also mentioned are Commodores Platt and Foster.
Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. records (Accession LMSS.V)
Hagley ID: 18161007_Mason
Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Longwood)