Business and personal letters (File 30), 1803-1834
Part of collection: Eleuthera Bradford du Pont collection (0146)
Dates
- Creation: 1803-1834
Scope and Contents
Related to affairs of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Madame Bureaux de Pusy, Victor du Pont, Charles Francois Parent, and E.I. du Pont, being drafts and copies of which 62 are in the latter's. These should be compared with those in the company letter books, above. The letters relate to powder prices, sales, supplies of raw material and equipment for the powder factory, powder tests, rules and records of workers, the controversy E.I. du Pont had with Thomas Ewell, a worker's indenture, the voyage of Madame Bureaux de Pusy to America in 1811, and the sale of sheep. Letters are addressed to: John Bennet, James Biddle, Vincent Bonsal, Richard Bowden & Co., Brugiere & Teisseire, Thomas Brooks, D.P. Brown, John Chew, Tench Coxe, J.D.P. Dows & Co., Raphael Du Planty, [Claudius G.?] Fontaine, T. Garnier, Joshua and Thomas Gilpin, Anthony Girard, James Gilvin, Charles W. Goldsborough, John Gundacker, R. Hayes, Benjamin Herr, John Hollyday, Jean Guillaume (Baron Hyde de Neuville), George Ingels, George D.B. Keim, Aubin Laforest, Honore Landreau, Archibald McCall, Patrick McConnoway, McLoskey, Hagan & Co., William Moore, John Mullowny, Mr. Night [Knight?], Charles Francois Parent, P. Perry, Mr. Piollet, William Proctor, Sallows Shewell, Thomas Shewell, Francis Gurney Smith, Mr. Stone, William Thornton, Anne Louis Tousard, John Vaughan, and Peter Whiteside. Also included are: accounts with Charles Francois Parent; and a letter of C. Baker, captain of a company of the Junior Artillerists of Philadelphia, to E.I. du Pont, concerning an encampment at Camp Dupont, near Wilmington, in 1834.
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From the Collection: 6.3 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Additional Description
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Related Names
Creator
- From the Collection: E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company (Organization)
- From the Collection: Du Pont, Eleuthera Bradford, 1873-1953 (Collector, Person)
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository