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...
Handwritten letter to P.S. du Pont from H. Hampfler: "Thursday. My dear Mr. and Mrs. du Pont. We just finished this complete set of party pictures for you. We are also including a character study of 'Old John - the Pirate' which we thought you...
Letter in forming Charles I. du Pont, Thomas Stirling, George Brattan, Isaac Ford, and Robert Miller of their election as honorary members of the "Brandywine Home Guards." The Brandywine Home Guards were two militia companies that later became...
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...
Artillery (Troops); Forts & fortifications; Military officers
Copy of du Pont's reply to a letter from Reichard, asking for du Pont's help in having his unit (Battery M, 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery) transferred out of Fort Delaware. Du Pont offers his help and advises Reichard of ways he can apply for a...
Parades & processions; Soldiers; Military organizations; Military officers
Letter from R. Emmet Robinson informing du Pont of a torch light procession that was being organized to welcome home the 4th Regiment of Delaware Volunteer Infantry. According to Robinson, the procession was also intended to affect an upcoming...
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.
Letter from Benjamin Bond, of Wabash Mills, asking for two workers to be excused from drill. The workers were members of Company B, (Lammot du Pont's company) Delaware Volunteer Infantry.
McCall sends a copy of a letter from Charles Wilkins and discusses saltpeter. McCall's letter is missing, but a summary is provided on the reverse of the Wilkins letter.
Hendrick writes that he has received the new tires. He notes the new tires have the same specifications as the ones he returned. Hendrick quotes from a letter he received from Goodyear in which the company stated these tires were not made for such...
Letter includes response Raskob's response to Deputy's original, handwritten letter concerning Prohibition and chairmanship. The letter from Deputy to Raskob is dated July 7, 1932, and Raskob's response is dated July 14, 1932.
Letter from William du Pont's secretary, Charles Lennig, to Alex Yearley & Sons, realtors for Louis F. Detrick, owner of Montpelier refusing to offer more than $50 per acre until Dietrick shows a willingness to compromise by lowering his price even...
School discipline; Boarding schools; Correspondence;
Letter from William du Pont to his father regarding disciplinary action at the Lake Mohegan School for getting caught going out of bounds. In the letter, he apologizes to his father and awaits his father's decision about remaining at the school.
Letter to William du Pont from a representative of the Devon Horse Show confirming the reservation of a box at the show for du Pont and also requests that du Pont consider being a judge at the event.
Letter from J. W. Waring, publisher of the "Official Horse Show Blue Book" to William du Pont confirming and thanking du Pont for his subscription to the book and discusses including photographs of horses that du Pont has bred in the book.
Letter from Real Estate agent H. W. Hilleary to William du Pont advertising the sale of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate. Included with the letter is an article related to the historic estate.
