The E. I du Pont de Nemours & Company minute books document an important era in the history of the company from just before the turn of the twentieth century through the 1930s. The DuPont Company in this time went through many changes in structure...
Stock exchanges; Stockbrokers; Depressions; Business panics; Business & finance;
Text on back: "Turning back to the days of prosperity – The grain pit on the trading floor of the St. Louis Merchant's Exchange again displayed activity reminiscent of the feverish war-time buying, when the bulls held sway and bid wheat and corn...
The records consist of photocopies of miscellaneous documents of the Empire Steel and Iron Company, the originals of which are in the possession of the National Canal Museum at Easton, Pa. Most of them seem to have come from the Mount Hope site....
This collection helps to document the history of Singer Manufacturing Company during the period 1860 through 1880. After success in forming one of the first U.S. patent pools the Singer Company was ready to capitalize and built several new...
Notarized statement by Lammot du Pont of military equipment lost or destroyed during active service by Company B, 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry. Du Pont submitted a copy of this statement to the U. S. Ordnance Department in order to explain why...
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...
Henry Algernon du Pont's narrative of his service during military operations in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley during 1864. Du Pont served as commander of Light Battery B, 5th U.S. Artillery and later as chief of artillery for Major General George...
Military rations; Military uniforms; Military organizations
Return for clothing, camp equipment, and paperwork forms issued to Company B (Lammot du Pont's company), 5th Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry, during the time of their enlistment as United States Volunteers.
Military rations; Military uniforms; Military organizations
Return for clothing, camp equipment, and paperwork forms issued to Company B (Lammot du Pont's company), 5th Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry, during the time of their enlistment as United States Volunteers.
Campaigns & battles; Naval warfare; Naval prints; Government vessels; Military officers; Sheet music covers; Music
Sheet music commemorating the U.S. Navy's successful attacks on Forts Walker and Beauregard at Port Royal, South Carolina, 7 November 1861. This attack was carried out by the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron under the command of Commodore Samuel...
Receipt from Ferdinand Arras acknowledging payment for cleaning muskets during September, 1862 for Lammot du Pont's militia company. This company later became Company B, 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry.
Receipt from Ferdinand Arras acknowledging payment for cleaning muskets during August, 1862 for Lammot du Pont's militia company. This company later became Company B, 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry.
Receipt from Ferdinand Arras acknowledging payment for cleaning muskets during October, 1862 for Lammot du Pont's militia company. This company later became Company B, 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry.
