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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. partnership and agreements (File 21), 1801-1815

Dates

  • Creation: 1801-1815

Scope and Contents

Including original articles of agreement by which the company was founded, entitled "Acte d'association pour l'etablissement d'une manufacture de poudre de guerre et de chasse dans les Etats-Unis d'Amerique," signed at Paris, with addenda dated May 4, 1808 and December 31, 1809, signed by E.I. du Pont, and a notation recording the fact that this document was placed in evidence during the suit of Peter Bauduy v. E.I. du Pont et al., in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware in 1817; certified copy of the articles of agreement signed at Paris April 21, 1801, with notarization signed by Peter S. Du Ponceau at Philadelphia, May 4, 1808, and the certification of Louis Auguste Felix de Beaujour, Consul General of France, at Philadelphia; contract of du Pont de Nemours, Pere et Fils & Cie, of New York, E.I. du Pont, and Peter Bauduy, concerning the role and interest of Bauduy in operations of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.; contract of du Pont de Nemours, Pere et Fils & Cie, E.I. du Pont, and Peter Bauduy, revising terms of the agreement with contemporary copy; English translation of the contract in the hand of Raphael Du Planty, with emendations in the hand of Victor du Pont; agreement of partners and shareholders of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. to purchase the shares held by Peter Bauduy, with notation recording the fact that this document was placed in evidence during the suite of Peter Bauduy v. E.I. du Pont, et al., in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware; agreement of partners and shareholders of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. for the division of shares formerly held by Peter Bauduy; contract between du Pont de Nemours and Charles Francois Parent, concerning Parent's services in the powder factory of E.I. du Pont de Nemours, signed at Paris, with certification of Fulwar Skipwith, American consul at Paris; memorandum entitled "Observations sur le projet d'engagement entre Monsieur Dupont et Parent" in an unidentified hand, with annotations in the hand of du Pont de Nemours; agreement between du Pont de Nemours and Jean Victor Auguste Menestrier, covering loan of 100,000 francs to du Pont de Nemours, copy (Menestrier was acting as gent for Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, Minstre des Relations Exterieures, who lent the money); mortgage of du Pont de Nemours to Menestrier of eleven shares of stock in the firm of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. with certification of Fulwar Skipworth, American consul at Paris.

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Extent

From the Collection: 6.3 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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