Handbill promoting candidate William Cannon of the Union Party for Governor of Delaware. Cannon won the election and served from 20 January 1863 until 1 March 1865, when he died in office. Many Delaware politicians disliked Cannon because of his...
Text from back of image: "Joseph Cannon (left, social registerite of Charlotte, NC, is pictured left), with 'chute jumper Joe Crane, after the scion of the Cannon towel family had made a parachute jump from a height of 2200 feet above, Roosevelt...
Joseph Parry, a commander of a company in the 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry, explains the negative effects that extended service at Fort Delaware is having on soldiers' morale and political inclinations. Parry also states that a visit from...
The Patty Cannon House was near Seaford on the Maryland line and formerly called Johnson's Corner. Outlaws and kidnappers frequented the hotel and tavern. Patty Cannon was charged with murder and died in the Georgetown, Delaware jail.
The free two car cable Woodland Ferry connects Woodland with the road to Laurel across the Nanticoke River. In 1820, Jacob Cannon built Cannon Hall and it was called Cannon's Ferry.
Written caption on back: "Old cannon house in front of Christ Church, where powder was tested. Fred Evans -- person in photograph." Man in photograph appears different from HF_C004.5_001, also identified as Fred Evans.
4th Del. Regiment going to Texas, Ellen discusses Lammot being a lot of talk and a loose cannon, also mentions Mrs. Belin is very sick, likely to die in the Winter
Winter & McCalll report on Lieutenant Symington's tests of DuPont cannon powder and ask if they should ship the cannon powder back to the DuPont Company, store it, or ship it to Havana.
The energy of an explosive is commonly measured by shooting a definite amount in a ballistic mortar, a heavy swinging cannon, expelling a close fitting projectile into a sand pile, and observing how much swing is imparted to at the mortar by the...
Text from back of image: "Blaine M. Tuxhorn is shown with his synchronized ejector 'cannon' by which he and a co-pilot expect to load fuel on a Barling NB-3 monoplane while in full flight and remain aloft more than 60 hours. The container held by...
Shooting up an oil tank on fire to prevent explosion and wide spread fire. Oil men in big tank field fire cannon balls into big tank when it catches fire. The holes let oil run out into softer embankment enclosure and prevents explosion.
There are 887 armor piercing 20 mm cannon shells visible in this picture, hardly more than one third the completely load for the three pods (under Navy A4 jet) of the HIPEG gun system developed by Hughes Tool Company's Aircraft Division, Culver...
Correspondence regarding the account of passages. Names included are Nancy Dever, Manus Sweeney, David McCallon, James Beatty, Alex Taylor, Nancy McGady, Susan McGee, James Dougherty, Catharine Gallagher Catharine Doran, John Gallagher, George...
Correspondence regarding drafts on James Corscaden and Company of Londonderry: Letitia McLaughlin, Owen Dougherty, Biddy McLaughlin, Michael Cannon, William Sherridan, Frances Rodgers, Michael Walker, Thomas Noone, Eleanor Dugan, John Sweeney,...
