Caption on reverse: "This photograph of Admiral Du Pont's house on the Louviers estate was given to Dorsey Gardner by Mrs. Du Pont (Aunt Sophie) and by him to me Bessie Gardner du Pont. In the photograph Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont and Mrs. Du...
Artillery (Troops); Forts & fortifications; Military officers
Copy of du Pont's reply to a letter from Reichard, asking for du Pont's help in having his unit (Battery M, 3rd Pennsylvania Artillery) transferred out of Fort Delaware. Du Pont offers his help and advises Reichard of ways he can apply for a...
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.
Military officers; Cartes de visite; Artillery (Troops)
Henry Algernon du Pont as a Lieutenant-Colonel of artillery. He was breveted Lieutenant-Colonel for gallantry in action at the Battle of Cedar Creek in Virginia, 19 October 1864. Henry A. du Pont was later awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor...
Officers of the 5th U.S. Artillery and the 12th U.S. Infantry at Fort Hamilton New York. They are identified as follows: front row (L to R); Major Bruen (?) 12th Inf., Col. Martin Burke, and Capt. Putman (?) 12th Inf. Back row (L to R); Lt....
An agent in Cincinnati has slashed prices and has contacted some of A.V. du Pont's customers to trying to undersell them, asks for advice on the situation as to prices. Also discusses traveling to Nashville and the currency there. Du Pont expects...
Newspaper clipping offering an anecdote about Marion du Pont and a former employee along with a description of the Montpelier Horse Show on the grounds of William du Pont's Montpelier Estate.
Admiral Du Pont sending via the steamer Massachusetts, two hundred-pounder rifle bolts (shells) and one forty-pounder recovered at Ft. Pulaskis, fired by sailors from the Wabash. He is sending them to Lammot for safe keeping and so not to alarm his...
Caption on reverse: "Statue of Rear Admiral S. F. Du Pont when it stood in Du Pont Circle, Washington, D.C. - looking north, up Connecticut Avenue." The statue was designed by sculptor Launt Thompson and dedicated on 20 December 1884. Members of...
Caption on reverse: "Picture taken on board the U.S.S. Wabash, in the harbor of Port Royal, South Carolina in 1862, and presented by J. C. Vail of Morristown, N.J. to Senator H. A. du Pont of Delaware in memory of Rear-Admiral S. F. Du Pont, April...
