Table of Contents: Sketching the background; Sweep of the years; Resume of black powder history; Old black powder days; High spots of DuPont high explosives history; Forty-five years ago; Importance of chemistry in DuPont industries; DuPont...
This report lists the Civil War related items in the DuPont Company’s records. Although this was done before the records came to Hagley, the mentioned items are found in the Riggs Guide and in finding aids at the Manuscripts and Archives...
Family group seated on lawn. Written caption: "Lady seated in middle is probably Joanna Smith du Pont, widow of Alexis I. du Pont. She lived in Hagley House until her death."
Cartes de visite; Military officers; Portrait photographs
Carte de visite from an album possibly assembled by Henry Algernon du Pont. Handwritten caption: "John Pelham of Alabama. Killed in battle - war of 1861-65. Class-mate at West Point." A native of Alabama, Pelham left West Point before...
Cartes de visite; Military officers; Portrait photographs; Uniforms
Carte de visite from an album possibly assembled by Henry Algernon du Pont. Handwritten caption: "C. D. Emory. Class-mate at West Point." Due to health concerns Emory never saw field service during the War. He died at age 38 from a chronic...