Painting by Xanthus Russell Smith depicting the capture of the Confederate ironclad "C.S.S. Atlanta" on 17 June 1863. The U.S. Navy monitor "U.S.S. Weehawken," assisted by the monitor "U.S.S. Nahant," captured the "Atlanta" after a brief...
Correspondence; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry; Government contracts;
Waterman, the Philadelphia agent for the U.S. Office of Indian Trade, acknowledges the receipt of Du Pont gunpowder for the indian factories and requests an additional shipment to New Orleans to be forwarded to Pittsburgh.
Correspondence; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry; Government contracts;
Mason encloses payment for powder delivered to Forts Madison and Osage. Mason also discusses payment policies from the U.S. government in cash and in saltpeter.
on front of card: "Al's Tourist Court and Country Dining Room, On U.S. 1, U.S. 23, U.S. 301, Callahan, FLA." on back of card: "Al's Tourist Court and Country Dining Room. New, Modern Tourist Rooms all with private baths and Simmons metal...
Correspondence; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry; Government contracts;
Waterman, the Philadelphia agent for the U.S. Office of Indian Trade, requests that the Du Pont Company send gunpowder for Natchitoches aboard a vessel bound for New Orleans.
Correspondence; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry; Government contracts;
Waterman, the Philadelphia agent for the U.S. Office of Indian Trade, confirms that the ship Orleans will stop at New Castle to pick up powder for Natchitoches.
Correspondence; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry; Government contracts;
Waterman, the Philadelphia agent for the U.S. Office of Indian Trade, writes regarding a gunpowder shipment for Choctaw that will be shipped through New Orleans.
Officers of the 5th U.S. Artillery and the 12th U.S. Infantry at Fort Hamilton New York. They are identified as follows: front row (L to R); Major Bruen (?) 12th Inf., Col. Martin Burke, and Capt. Putman (?) 12th Inf. Back row (L to R); Lt....
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...
Correspondence; Government contracts; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry;
Cornell encloses certificates and testimonies from U.S. Navy personnel regarding recent U.S. government tests of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and Decature & Atterberry gunpowder. The tests were carried out at the Long Island Navy Yard.
