Letter from L. B. Paxson, superintendent of Motive Power and Rolling Equipment with the Pennsylvania & Reading Railroad to R.C. Blackall, Paxson's counterpart with the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co., introducing the Hinckley Braking device to...
Letter from L. Bush, M.D. stating that John Peoples was unfit for military service. Peoples was a member of Company B (Lammot du Pont's company), 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry.
Paint industry; Painting; Chemical industry; Barns; Estates; Correspondence;
Letter from Stacy L. Jones of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc. concerning recommendations for repainting the interior of the racing barn at William du Pont, Jr.'s Bellevue estate using DuPont paint products.
Letter from Everitt L. Miller, superintendent of Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, to William du Pont, Jr. regarding the camellia plants Everitt inspected at du Pont, Jr.'s Bellevue estate.
The B. L. Judson & Company published an almanac promoting Judson's Mountain Herb Pills. Like so many others, the company claimed the pills cured diseases of the chest and lungs, diseases of the bowels and stomach, dyspepsia, fevers and ague, and...
du Pont asks for arms to help protect mills, Thomas writes back saying there are no arms to give out, refers him to Gen. Patterson who is in command of military department in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware
Militias; Military mobilizations; Military officers
Hopkins provides a report of his militia company's strength and equipment. Hopkins' company was the Union Home Guards of Seaford, Delaware. Du Pont, as Major-General in command of the Delaware Militia, asked the commanders of the state's militia...
