Letter from William du Pont to his secretary, Charles Lennig, concerning the large difference in his offer and the current owner's asking price for the Montpelier Estate. Du Pont authorizes Lennig to raise the offer to $70,000.
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...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Explosives; Dynamite; Plastics industry; Paint industry;
Table of Contents: Preventing mine explosions; A mile for a drink; Shooting oil field fires; Prescription paint service; Deep mining in Colorado; Now DuPont pellet powder; New glare-proof specs; Pyralin two-in-one offer; Living on air; Splitting...
Periodicals; Chemical industry; Explosives; Dynamite;
Table of Contents: Flood Prevention with Dynamite; Blasting Telephone Pole Holes; 1913 Grand American Handicap; An Important Offer to Blasters; Another Lackawanna Cut-off; Building a Country with Explosives; Storage of Explosives; Separate Hauling...
Letter from realtors Alex Yearley & Son to William du Pont's secretary, Charles K. Lennig noting an atteched copy of Montpelier owner Louis F. Detrick's response to du Pont's latest offer. A hand written note at the bottom from Lennig to du Pont...
Letter from William du Pont to his secretary, Charles Lennig regarding his concern that his offer for Montpelier and the asking price are far too disparate to be reconciled.
Letter from William du Pont to his secretary, Charles Lennig authorizing him to offer $50 per acre to purchase James Madison's home Montpelier in Virginia.
These fortunate passengers have before them a smoother, over-weather flight o their destination at speeds of over 300 miles an hour heretofore achieved only by the swiftest military or experimental racing planes. In addition to performance that...
These fortunate passengers have before them a smoother, over-weather flight o their destination at speeds of over 300 miles an hour heretofore achieved only by the swiftest military or experimental racing planes. In addition to performance that...
Correspondence; Government contracts; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry;
Mason and E. I. du Pont de Nemours have met recently to discuss a particular matter, and Mason reports on his discussions with gentleman in Washington on this business. The letter does not offer details on this matter, though Mason's June 6, 1817...
Still busily rolling out nylon is this casting wheel, part of the original equipment constructed in 1937 to make some of the first nylon. Although two large yarn plants have since gone into operation, this original wheel (made over from an engine...
The new nylon shoe brush with black bristles and black and white mixed nylon offer longer and more economical service. The brushes are manufactured by Empire Brush Works, Inc. of Port Chester, New York.
More than 100 different types of products-ranging from insecticides and paints through toiletry and pharmaceutical goods to a host of industrial aids-now are being packaged in convenient, self spraying aerosol containers. More than 500 marketers...
