From back: "The Fathers of Brandywine. This drawing portrays the God of Waters, Neptune, pouring the water of the Brandywine Creek into the pocket of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont. The red color on his left cheek identifies the claret mark...
Discharge of John Flanigan, who served in Company B (Lammot du Pont's company), 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry. The discharge is signed by Major Henry B. Judd, U.S. Army, who was recruiting officer in Wilmington, Delaware. It is countersigned by...
Military organizations; Militias; Military mobilizations
List of men who refused to join Lammot du Pont's militia company. The list includes names, ages if available, and reasons for some of the men's refusal to enlist.
on front of card: "What is Roadside America? Who enters here will be taken by surprises! Be prepared to see more than you expect! You will be amazed at Roadside America's beauty and mechanical skill. Over 50 years in the making by our family. You...
The lonely figure in the picture above has just completed a job. He is the last man of an army of more than 37,000 men and women who manned the seven explosives plants DuPont operated for the government during the war and of many additional...
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...
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....
on front of card: "What is Roadside America? Who enters here will be taken by surprises! Be prepared to see more than you expect! You will be amazed at Roadside America's beauty and mechanical skill. Over 50 years in the making by our family. ...
Text from back of image: 'The forward march of the daredevil side of aviation seems to keep pace with the rapid strides of commercial and military flying. The latest thriller is a change from a speeding motorboat to an airplane via the rope ladder...
Text from back of image: "Nine men and a woman who were facing starvation in a loggers' camp on South Fox Island in northern Lake Michigan are tonight enjoying their first square meal in three weeks. A big De Haviland army plane took off from...
Caption: "Two automobile pioneers are shown here in front of the third in the line of garages operated by the man who started the first garage in Wilmington and built the first car made in Delaware. Seated at the wheel of the French-make touring...
Form letter from the Association of American Horse Shows to William du Pont (who was a director on the board), laying out rules for horse shows to be read and approved by the board of directors.
On Delaware regiments, formation and creation of, and under what laws justify their creation and who is to govern them, also Governor is at loss as to making companies take an oath of allegiance
Soldiers; Military demobilizations; Military discharges; Military organizations
Muster-out roll for Company B, 5th Delaware Volunteer infantry, on their release from active service in July 1863. Lammot du Pont commanded the company which consisted primarily of workers from the DuPont powder yards and other nearby mills. The...
du Pont asks for arms to help protect mills, Thomas writes back saying there are no arms to give out, refers him to Gen. Patterson who is in command of military department in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware
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.
Tintype of Robert Smalls, who along with sixteen other slaves sailed the Confederate steamer "Planter" out of Charleston Harbor and into the hands of the U.S. Navy's South Atlantic Blockading Squadron on 13 May 1862. Smalls and his accomplices...
