Pensions; Correspondence; Military organizations; Soldiers; Legislators
Published copy of a letter Henry Algernon du Pont wrote to Charles Francis Adams defending the service of the 5th and 6th Regiments of Delaware Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War. This letter was part of a larger effort by Henry A. du Pont to...
Pensions; Military organizations; Legislative hearings
Transcript of an address that Senator Henry Algernon du Pont made to the U. S. Congress discussing the service of the 5th and 6th Regiments of Delaware Volunteer Infantry. This address was part of du Pont's attempts to obtain military pensions for...
Also referred to as: Broad Street Station; 2500 West Broad Street; Architect: John Russel Pope; Date built: 1919; On back: "Used jointly by the A.C.L. [Atlantic Coast Line] and N. & W. [Norfolk & Western] and R.F. & P. [Richmond, Fredericksburg &...
Text from back of image: "The wreckage of Walter Hunter's Travelair at the National Air Races Sept. 6th. Hunter, testing his ship for the Thompson Trophy Race, had to abandon the plane when 150 feet off the ground as a gasoline line burst. The...
Handwritten on back: "Mr. du Pont: This is our little home. All the flowers were planted Sept. 6th 1941 - The lawn is Dihondras and it is really all filled in now. Flowers blooming along this side of the road are creeping geraniums, [words...