The records consist of photocopies of miscellaneous documents of the Empire Steel and Iron Company, the originals of which are in the possession of the National Canal Museum at Easton, Pa. Most of them seem to have come from the Mount Hope site....
Revocation of Executive Order No.2 of May 11th, now allowing volunteer. regiments of Southern sentiments to keep arms, still concern about Maryland especially in lower counties
Worries about Delaware Breakwater being unprotected from Southern ships, also two ships for sale in Philadelphia, and one could be fitted at the Philadelphia Navy Yard.
Letter from Henry du Pont to Lammot du Pont regarding a military officer who wanted to speak with Lammot about the prospect of detonating a ship loaded with gunpowder near a fort on the southern coast.
The genesis of these Louisiana wooden ships is the huge saw mill where thousands of heavy timbers are cut by 'patterns to fin into the hull design, exactly as a dressmaker would cut material for a frock from paper patterns. Here's the Great...
Toy trains that run smoothly at Christmas sometimes need repairs later on. Here little Donald Lyons of San Francisco, CA is shown getting expert advice from Billy Jones, Southern Pacific locomotive engineer.
Hendrick requests information about their battery. He intends to purchase an electric automobile, possibly a Columbia Surrey. Hendrick requires a battery of sufficient capacity to run a surrey 150 miles with one charge on good country roads such...
