Believe it or not, but this is the deck of a boat- The Crescent City- which left Detroit this week with 527 motor cars aboard, the largest single shipment of any one make of car ever to leave Detroit via water. The shipment was made by the Plymouth...
Correspondence; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry; Government contracts;
Mason wishes the Du Pont Company to hold powder destined for New York, except for kegs he wishes to be labeled U.S. Six Nations Annuity and delivered to Joseph Lopes Dias in New York.
Kemble inquires about shipping practices and discusses how he can assist the DuPont Company with discounting notes. He reports that the order for 100,000 pounds of powder (See Kemble letter of April 3, 1819) was destined for Cristophe (possibly...
Kemble reports that he has been assured again by Mr. Krooke that Krooke will submit a powder order upon his arrival in Sweden and upon his arrangement of credit in England. The powder is destined for Cape Henry.
Kemble reports an order for musket powder that he has received from G. Bibby. He advises the DuPont Company to ready the powder and have it shipped by the schooner Stephen Girard in Philadelphia. The powder is destined for Haiti.
Kemble offers his thoughts on why sales have been slow. He reports on competitor Bloomfield powder. He provides feedback from a Navy officer and a personal friend on the strength of DuPont powder and gives an update on a powder order by G. Bibby...