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Title: Riparian Rights on Unnavigable Natural Watercourses in Delaware
Date(s): 1950/1959, 1950, 1959
Contributor(s): Gibson, George Horner, 1932- (author)
Collection ID: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation research reports (Accession 1645)
Hagley ID: MS1645_024
Collection: Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation research reports

Title: Correspondence, W. P. Brobson to Alfred du Pont, 1835-06-08
Date(s): 1835-06-08
Contributor(s): Brobson, William P., 1786-1850 (correspondent), Brandywine Mill Seat Company (associated name), Du Pont, Alfred Victor, 1798-1856 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding a dispute between du Pont and Caleb Kirk over water rights and recently purchased property. du Pont wrote to Brobson for advice on the situation, and this letter is Brobson's response.
Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. DuPont Allied Business Firms records, 1798-1856 (Accession LMSS.VI)
Hagley ID: LMSS6_Box3_BMS_Corr_001
Collection: DuPont Allied Business Firms records (Longwood)

Title: Correspondence, Caleb Kirk to Alfred du Pont, 1838-01-13
Date(s): 1838-01-13
Contributor(s): Kirk, Caleb, 1792-1872 (correspondent), Brandywine Mill Seat Company (associated name), Du Pont, Alfred Victor, 1798-1856 (correspondent)
Description: Correspondence regarding the sale of water rights on the Brandywine River.
Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. DuPont Allied Business Firms records, 1798-1856 (Accession LMSS.VI)
Hagley ID: LMSS6_Box_3_BMS_Corr_003
Collection: DuPont Allied Business Firms records (Longwood)

Title: Bond for Use and Water Rights of Brandywine Property
Date(s): 1814-03-25
Contributor(s): Brandywine Mill Seat Company (originator)
Description: Bond stating $15,000 paid to Charles Tatem from Caleb Kirk and others in exchange for use and water rights of Brandywine property. Signed by Victor du Pont, Charles du Pont, Caleb Kirk, James Jefferis, E. I. du Pont, John Warner, William Warner, and John Torbert. Charles Tatum later transferred the bond to James Canby.
Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. DuPont Allied Business Firms records, 1798-1856 (Accession LMSS.VI)
Hagley ID: LMSS6_Box3_BMS_Docs_004
Collection: DuPont Allied Business Firms records (Longwood)

Title: Brandywine Mill Seat Company, Statement of Purchase
Date(s): 1813-03-13
Contributor(s): Brandywine Mill Seat Company (originator)
Description: Details the purchase of shares of water rights on the river by DuPont and Bauduy from McLane.
Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. DuPont Allied Business Firms records, 1798-1856 (Accession LMSS.VI)
Hagley ID: LMSS6_Box_3_BMS_Accts_001
Collection: DuPont Allied Business Firms records (Longwood)

Title: Fathers of Brandywine
Date(s): 1813
Contributor(s): Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 (collector)
Description: From back: "The Fathers of Brandywine. This drawing portrays the God of Waters, Neptune, pouring the water of the Brandywine Creek into the pocket of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont. The red color on his left cheek identifies the claret mark characteristic of his face. His colorful French Costume is in direct contrast to the drab attire of the early Quaker Fathers represented. His purchase of the water-rights from one of them, Caleb Kirk, is described in his deed of November 10, 1812, which deed...
Show moreFrom back: "The Fathers of Brandywine. This drawing portrays the God of Waters, Neptune, pouring the water of the Brandywine Creek into the pocket of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont. The red color on his left cheek identifies the claret mark characteristic of his face. His colorful French Costume is in direct contrast to the drab attire of the early Quaker Fathers represented. His purchase of the water-rights from one of them, Caleb Kirk, is described in his deed of November 10, 1812, which deed recites in part; ...And also all the right of water in Brandywine Creek and the privileges connected with same as purchased [sic] by Caleb Kirk of John Way and James M. Brown...as far as the lands extended down the Brandywine. In the foreground of the sketch, Caleb Kirk, who remained his neighbor after the sale, is asking for the privilege of the use of the surplus water for a Mill...Caleb Kirk's request was granted to him by E. I. du Pont on November 11, 1812. In the background, four Quakers are deploring the loss of their water-rights to a foreigner. One may be John Way, heir of Dr. Nicholas Way, the original purchaser of this tract in 1794. Another may be Rumford Dawes, who had sold his water-rights to E. I. du Pont on October 1, 1812. The third one may be Thomas Lee, who also sold his water-rights to E. I. du Pont on March 9, 1815. the fourth Quaker Father lamenting the 10,000 Doll lost is, no doubt, Joseph B. Sims who bought from Peter Bauduy on August 14, 1813, for $10,000 Brandywine property without water-rights. The period represented by the drawing is about the year 1813."
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Collection ID: The Longwood Manuscripts. Du Pont family miscellany (Accession LMSS.X)
Hagley ID: 20100809_1_00013
Collection: Du Pont family miscellany (Longwood)