Letter from Montpelier owner, Louis F. Detrick to his realtors, Alex Yearley & Son declaring his resolve not to lower his price on the estate without hearing a reasonable counter-offer and further defending his asking price by noting the recent...
Contract between Delaware Land Development Company and Allan Burton Stanhope and George Fletcher Bennett for an antique fireplace mantel to be installed in the Board Room of the Delaware Trust Building.
Letter from Giddy & Giddy Land Agents to William du Pont regarding viewing three estates, (Kingswood, Binfield Park, and Calcot Park) for consideration of renting one.
Letter from Delaware Land Development Company to Wark Company regarding the contract with Hilgardner Marble Company of Baltimore, Maryland for installation of marble in the building addition of the Delaware Trust Building in Wilmington, Delaware.
Letter from the Delaware Land Development Company to Wark Company regarding problems arising from using a number of sub-contractors for building construction of the Delaware Trust Building in Wilmington, Delaware.
Letter from the Delaware Land Development Company to Wark Company Builders in regards poor construction work done at the Delaware Trust Building in Wilmington, Delaware.
Letter from the Delaware Land Development Company to Wark Company Builders in regards to the slow progress on building work done at the Delaware Trust Building in Wilmington, Delaware.
Letter from Delaware Land Development Company to Wark Company regarding the color of the marble to be installed for the building addition of the Delaware Trust Building in Wilmington, Delaware.
Letter with photograph enclosure from Wark Company Builders to Delaware Land Development Co. concerning the installation of the Cutler brand mail chute to be installed in the Delaware Trust Building.
Civil wars; Military facilities; Soldiers; Military officers; Forts & fortifications; Telegraph
Second Battle of Fort Wagner
Morris Island, South Carolina
Location also known as Battery Wagner. The remains of a Confederate land mine, or "torpedo" are seen in front of the soldiers at right.
Includes articles: The American Legion; Fifth Section Launched (about building a new dry dock); Our Land Fleet (about the department of land transportation of the Morse).
Collection guide; Manufacturing and related sectors
A guide to primary material at the Hagley Museum and Library. For access to the contents of this collection contact Hagley at research@hagley.org or 302-654-2800.
Text from back of image: 'Capt. Emory S. Land has just been appointed Assistant Chief of the Bureau of Naval Aeronautics. He will relieve Commander John Rodgers, hero of the San Francisco-Hawaiian flight, who has been ordered to sea duty at his own...
Text from back of image: "Landing without misap on the famous island of Lanai in the Hawaiian group, Lieuts. W. C. Goldsborough, E.S. Davis, and Sergt. Harold Fischer of the United States Army Air service are the first men to successfully land an...
Text from back of image: "By an ingenious racket arrangement the landing wheels can be drawn up so that the machine can land on its pontoons on the water when the necessity arises. The 'Viking 11' recently gained the first prize in government...
Phillip Barratt, land owner and sheriff, deeded an acre of land to Methodists surrounding a brick meeting house being built in that area in 1780. It was considered a 'sacred landmark of Methodism' in 1880 and a 'Mecca of Methodism' in 1896. It was...
