Written caption: "Erected on the Brandywine by E.I. du Pont de Nemours - used as an office up to 1892. The second office was built on top of the Sand Hole Hill, about half mile up the road from this one, and was occupied in the fall of 1891. We...
Handbill promoting candidate William Cannon of the Union Party for Governor of Delaware. Cannon won the election and served from 20 January 1863 until 1 March 1865, when he died in office. Many Delaware politicians disliked Cannon because of his...
Correspondence; Gunpowder; Ordnance industry; Government contracts;
Mason provides list of destinations for Du Pont powder procured by the U.S. Office of Indian trade. Mason mentions Mathew Irwin, agent for the Office of Indian Trade in Chicago.
An air view of the DuPont Company's Louviers Office Building near Newark, Delaware, about 12 miles west of Wilmington. The $14,675,000 structure is situated on a 750 acre tract of land. Of brick construction with limestone trim, the building has...
Written on back: "Originally built for meeting room for employees at request of Isabella P. Huston, but taken over for office use when more room was needed than the 1870 brick office near it to the West could provide. L to R: 1. H. B. Spackman; 2....
