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Francoise du Pont de Nemours letter to Marc Antoine Jullian (microfilm)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0193
Abstract:
Francoise Robin du Pont (1748-1841) was the second wife of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) a promienent French political economist, writer, publisher, and public administrator. The collection contains a letter from du Pont to Marc Antoine Jullien (1775-1848), "Ancien Inspecteur aux Revues" asking for copies of recent reviews or journals.
Dates:
1825 January 17
Francoise du Pont de Nemours letter to Marc Antoine Jullian (photocopy)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0195
Abstract:
Francoise Robin du Pont (1748-1841) was the second wife of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) a promienent French political economist, writer, publisher, and public administrator. The collection contains a letter from du Pont to Marc Antoine Jullien (1775-1848), "Ancien Inspecteur aux Revues" asking for copies of recent reviews or journals.
Dates:
1825 January 16
Francoise du Pont de Nemours letter to Pierre Didot
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0101
Abstract:
Francoise Robin du Pont (1748-1841) was the second wife of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) a promienent French political economist, writer, publisher, and public administrator. The collection contains a letter from du Pont to Monsieur Pierre Didot (1761-1853), seeking the address of Marguerite Charlotte Desiree de la Fite de Pelleport (1780-1847).
Dates:
1818 June 9
Francoise du Pont de Nemours letters to Baron and Baronne Desmousseaux de Givre
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0350
Abstract:
Francoise Robin du Pont (1748-1841) was the second wife of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) a promienent French political economist, writer, publisher, and public administrator. The collection contains letters from du Pont to Baron (1757-1830) and Baronne Desmousseaux de Givre (1768-1843). The letters contain discussion of religious societies, his trip to Italy, and personal matters.
Dates:
1821-1826
Francoise du Pont de Nemours letters to Madame Aublay and cousin Albert
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0032
Abstract:
Francoise Robin du Pont (1748-1841) was the second wife of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) a promienent French political economist, writer, publisher, and public administrator. The letters are from du Pont to Madame Clarice Aublay (nee Hortode) and cousin Albert.
Dates:
1834-1835
Francoise Poivre du Pont de Nemours letters to Jacques Henri Bernardin de St. Pierre (photocopies)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0349
Abstract:
Francoise Robin du Pont (1748-1841) was the second wife of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) a promienent French political economist, writer, publisher, and public administrator. The collection includes photocopied letters from du Pont to Jacques Henri Bernardin de St. Pierre (1737-1814). The letters are entirely personal, with social and literary references, all general in character.
Dates:
circa 1769-1771
Frank Gifford Tallman papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0381
Abstract:
Frank G. Tallman (1860-1938) was an executive of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. The collection includes personal and business papers of Tallman such as diaries, letter books, and correspondence files.
Dates:
1876-1946
Frederick W. Wood papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0884
Abstract:
Frederick William Wood (1857-1943) was an executive and engineer in the steel and shipbuilding industries. His papers constitute a major source on the history of the American steel industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The papers are primarily official records of the various companies with which Wood was associated.
Dates:
1867-1943
Gabriel Manigault papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0009
Abstract:
Gabriel Manigault (1758-1809) was a Charleston merchant, plantation owner, architect, and South Carolina state Representative. In 1805, Manigault sold part of his property in South Carolina and moved to Clifton, an estate near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. These are copies of Manigault's letters relating to members of the du Pont family.
Dates:
1800-1862; Majority of material found within 1800-1807
Gabrielle Josephine Shubrick Crofton papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1313
Abstract:
Gabrielle Shubrick Crofton (1835-1894) was the daughter of Irvine Shubrick (1797-1849) and Julia du Pont (1806-1882), and the wife of Colonel Robert Crofton (1834-1898). His military service meant the family moved to where he was stationed. The papers consist primarily of correspondence between Crofton and her husband and mother, including an eight-year span living in army posts in the Dakota Territory.
Dates:
1822-1872
Genevieve Pittner collection of roller skating rink stickers
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 2012-213
Abstract:
Genevieve Pittner (1917-2007) of Monroe, Michigan, collected roller skating rink stickers between 1941 and 1942, amassing a large collection by exchanging stickers by mail with other collectors. This collection consists primarily of roller skating rink stickers during the World War II era. A large album contains most of the stickers in the collection; stickers are attached to album pages and arranged alphabetically by state.
Dates:
circa 1941-1948
H. Rodney Sharp letters
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2202
Abstract:
H. Rodney Sharp (1880-1968) was a historic preservationist and husband of Isabella du Pont Sharp (1882-1946), a descendent of the founders of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. The collection contains typed transcripts of letters written by Sharp while the Sharp family, friends, and children's nurses traveled around the world.
Dates:
1921-1922
Hazle Edens collection of du Pont family graphic materials
Found in:
Audiovisual Collections
Collection
Identifier: 1982-323
Abstract:
Henry du Pont (1812-1889) was the second son of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834) and senior partner of E.I du Pont de Nemours & Company from 1850 to 1889. The collection consists of materials relating to the descendants of Henry and Louisa Gerhard du Pont. Primarily, the collection consists of portraits and other photographs of their daughters Evelina, Ellen, Louisa, Sara, Victorine, Sophie and other family members.
Dates:
circa 1840-1940
Helen Baker Cushman business papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2175
Abstract:
Helen Baker Cushman (1922-) was the founder and manager of H.M. Baker Associates, consultants in business archives and records from 1958 to 1993, headquartered in Westfield, New Jersey. Her papers consist primarily of correspondence with clients and potential clients; notes, drafts and printer's mechanicals and negatives for her publications; data files created in the course of her work; and some business publications and ephemera.
Dates:
1853-1992
Henry A. du Pont and Gustav Schelle correspondence (photocopies)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1789
Abstract:
Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926) was a military officer, a politician from Delaware, and vice president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. The collection consists of five letters from du Pont to Gustav Schelle (1845-1927) and one from Schelle. The letters mostly express personal friendship and deal indirectly with Schelle's writings on the Physiocraps and du Pont de Nemours.
Dates:
1924-1927
Henry A. du Pont correspondence to J. Simpson Dean family
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1506
Abstract:
Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926) was a military officer, a politician from Delaware, and vice president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Two typed letters from du Pont to J. Simpson Dean (1898-1978) and Paulina du Pont Dean (1903-1964) concerning the new private road beginning at the intersection of the two private roads to Eleutherian Mills and Nemours residences.
Dates:
1924
Henry A. du Pont letter to Benjamin W. Austin
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0390
Abstract:
Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926) was a military officer, a politician from Delaware, and vice president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. The letter from du Pont to Benjamin W. Austin (-1898) secretary of Trinity Historical Society in Dallas, Texas from 1885 to 1894, expressing thanks for honor conferred by "your Association."
Dates:
1890 May 24
Henry A. du Pont letter to F.G. Larned (photocopy)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0305
Abstract:
Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926) was a military officer, a politician from Delaware, and vice president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. The letter from du Pont to F.G. [Frederick G.] Larned (1860-1937) of Poland, New York, explains the position and duties of the man he wishes to employ on his farm at Winterthur.
Dates:
1903 September 26
Henry A. du Pont letter to General James H. Wilson (photocopy)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1279
Abstract:
Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926) was a military officer, a politician from Delaware, and vice president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. In February 1889, du Pont wrote General James H. Wilson (1837-1925) about certain Civil War battles and their mutual commander (at different times) George Crook (1828-1890).
Dates:
1889 February 11
Henry A. du Pont letter to Howard M. Jenkins
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0455
Abstract:
Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926) was a military officer, a politician from Delaware, and vice president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. The collection contains a letter du Pont wrote to Howard M. Jenkins (1842-1902), editor of Friends intelligencer (Philadelphia) concerning the nomination of John Hunn (1849-1926) as the Republican candidate for governor of Delaware.
Dates:
1900 September 17
Henry A. du Pont letter to John C. Higgins
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1268
Abstract:
Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926) was a military officer, a politician from Delaware, and vice president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. On July 21, 1896, du Pont wrote a letter to John C. Higgins (1838-1924) congratulating him on his nomination for Governor of Delaware for the Republican Party.
Dates:
1896 July 21
Henry A. du Pont letters to Benjamin Harrison (photocopies)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0825
Abstract:
Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926) was a military officer, a politician from Delaware, and vice president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. The collection contains two photocopied letters of du Pont to President Benjamin Harrison (1833-1901) concerning the Republican Party in Delaware prior to the state elections.
Dates:
1892
Henry A. du Pont letters to Daniel Ammen (photocopies)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0632
Abstract:
Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926) was a military officer, a politician from Delaware, and vice president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. The collection contains two photocopied letters from du Pont to Daniel Ammen (1820-1898), a Naval officer and Chief of the Bureau of Navigation.
Dates:
1887-1888
Henry A. du Pont miscellany
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1264
Abstract:
Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1926) was a military officer, a politician from Delaware, and vice president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. The collection contains miscellaneous material related to du Pont, including a letter, Christmas cards, invitation to meet the Representatives of the Societies of the Cincinnati, and invitation from the Secretary of the Navy to the unveiling of the statue of Samuel Francis du Pont (1803-1865).
Dates:
1845-1884
Henry Belin du Pont collection
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0178
Abstract:
Henry Belin du Pont (1898-1970) was a research engineer with General Motors and the vice president of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company from 1939 to 1963. This collection contains correspondence from several generations of the family from the early nineteenth through the twentieth century, including Francis Gurney Smith (1784-1873), Elizabeth (Eliza) MacKie Smith (1787-1861), Joanna Smith du Pont (1815-1876), Frances du Pont Coleman (1838-1902), Eleuthera "Ella" du Pont Bradford (1848-1906), Eleuthera Bradford du Pont (1873-1953), Alicia Bradford Maddox (1875-1920) and Phoebe George Bradford (1794-1840).
Dates:
1814-1913
Henry du Pont incoming letters (photocopies)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0576
Abstract:
Henry du Pont (1812-1889) was an American military officer and son of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834), founder of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., and Sophie Madeleine Dalmas du Pont (1775-1828). The collection contains two photocopied letters to du Pont, one from his nephew, James Irenee Bidermann (1817-1890), and the other letter from his sister, Sophie Madeleine du Pont (1810-1888).
Dates:
1825; 1881
Henry du Pont letter to James C. Aiken
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2223
Abstract:
Henry du Pont (1812-1889) was an American military officer and son of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834), founder of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., and Sophie Madeleine Dalmas du Pont (1775-1828). In the letter to James C. Aiken (1806-1884), du Pont agrees to sign a letter of recommendation for a political appointment to president-elect Grant (1822-1885).
Dates:
1869 February 8
Henry du Pont letter to John M. Clayton
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0403
Abstract:
Henry du Pont (1812-1889) was an American military officer and son of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834), founder of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., and Sophie Madeleine Dalmas du Pont (1775-1828). In 1854, du Pont wrote a letter to Senator John M. Clayton (1796-1856), requesting assistance in securing an appointment for his son, Henry A. du Pont (1838-1926), to the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Dates:
1854 March 23
Henry du Pont letters (photocopies)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0588
Abstract:
Henry du Pont (1812-1889) was an American military officer and son of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834), founder of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., and Sophie Madeleine Dalmas du Pont (1775-1828). The collection is comprised of photocopied of typescript copies of letters of du Pont to and from his family.
Dates:
1829-1837
Henry du Pont letters (photocopies) and Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours autobiography (typescript)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1903
Abstract:
Henry du Pont (1812-1889) was an American military officer and son of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834), founder of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., and Sophie Madeleine Dalmas du Pont (1775-1828). The collection consists of photocopied letters from Henry du Pont (1812-1889) and typescript of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) autobiography he wrote in 1792. The letters are from sisters Eleuthera du Pont Smith (1806-1876) and Sophie Madeleine du Pont (1810-1888), as well as William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) and M. Saito of the Japanese Navy.
Dates:
1811-1887; 1792
Henry du Pont, U.S. Military Academy records (photocopies)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1705
Abstract:
Henry du Pont (1812-1889) was an American military officer and son of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834), founder of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., and Sophie Madeleine Dalmas du Pont (1775-1828). The papers relating to du Pont's enrollment and time at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, including letters from Callender Irvine (1775-1841), Peter B. Porter (1773-1844), E.I. du Pont (1881-1834); du Pont's obituary as published in the 1890 annual reunion of the Association of Graduates Office at the Academy; and a roster of the West Point class of 1833.
Dates:
1828-1890
Hiebler family papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2593
Abstract:
The Hiebler family papers include documents pertaining to four generations. The bulk of the collection consists of letters written by Alfred I. du Pont to his grandsons Bayard Hiebler and Benno Hiebler, dated 1927 to 1935.
Dates:
1911-1982; Majority of material found within 1927-1935
Howard Ensign Simmons, Jr. papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2172
Abstract:
Howard Ensign Simmons Jr. (1929-1997) was an industrial scientist and the Research Vice-President in the Central Research Department of the DuPont Company from 1979 until his retirement in 1991. His records document Simmons's role in overseeing the production of "Science and Corporate Stategy" by David A. Hounshell and John K. Smith, a scholarly history of Research and Development at the DuPont Company. Also included are reports on DuPont's diversification program in the late 1960s.
Dates:
1857-1997; Majority of material found within 1960-1990
Hudson Maxim note
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0655
Abstract:
Hudson Maxim (1853-1927) was an inventor and chemist best known for his work in the development of smokeless gunpowder and military explosives. This item is a brief note in which Maxim describes the invention of the gun as the "greatest life saving instrument," dated 1915.
Dates:
1915
Hudson Maxim papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0509
Abstract:
Hudson Maxim (1853-1927) was an inventor and chemist best known for his work in the development of smokeless gunpowder and military explosives. This collection includes a copy of an agreement between Maxim and E.I. du Pont de Nemours (October 17, 1897), whereby Maxim sold to the company his patents for smokeless powder. Also included is correspondence with du Pont family members and government agencies related to smokeless powder; the machine gun designed by Maxim; and Maxims's book, Defenseless America, an anti-pacifist polemic.
Dates:
1889-1925
Hugh Rodney Sharp papers regarding P. S. du Pont's estate
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2719
Abstract:
Pierre Samuel "P.S." du Pont (1870-1954) was the great-grandson of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834), founder of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, and that company played a major role in P.S. du Pont's life. He is most well-known for developing the preeminent botanical gardens, Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. The P. S. du Pont estate papers document the distribution of physical items from his Longwood estate in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, in the years following his death.
Dates:
1954-1957
Isabella du Pont Sharp letters
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1922
Abstract:
Isabella du Pont Sharp (1882-1946) was a descendent of the founders of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. The collection contains typed transcripts of letters written by Sharp to her sister, Margaretta du Pont Carpenter (1884-1973) while the Sharp family, friends, and children's nurses traveled around the world. The letters are filled with details about traveling, sightseeing, hotels, shopping, meals, and clothing.
Dates:
1921-1922
Isabelle Magee Sherman inbound letters
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2124
Abstract:
Belle M. Sherman (1851-1930) was a New York writer, translator, and editor who edited the women's page of the New York Herald, and wrote for magazines such as Colliers and the old Cosmopolitan under the byline of Mrs. B.M. Sherman or Belle M. Sherman. The collection contains incoming letters, the bulk from her son, Walter Magee Annette (1874-1955), but also her daughter-in-law Jane Nuckols (1878-unknown), and a column reader.
Dates:
1901-1906
Jackson Hunsicker papers on Memo Mate
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2361
Abstract:
Jackson Hunsicker (1948-2017) invented the Memo Mate in the mid-1990s. It was a small personal recording device that could store up to twenty seconds of audio. The Memo Mate was marketed as a handy way to remember appointments, phone numbers, directions, and the location of a car in a large parking lot. The Memo Mate was a successful invention, selling close to 10 million units. Hunsicker's papers on the patenting and marketing of Memo Mate document the typical process and pitfalls of patenting and marketing by a lone inventor. The collection consists of the legal correspondence of the patent application process and subsequent contractual disputes, along with schematics and designs, and possible names and logos. Hunsicker’s invention represents a demonstration of the patent process as well as a contribution from a woman inventor to the field.
Dates:
1993-1996
Jane Farson letter to Samuel Coates
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1570
Abstract:
Jane Farson (1704-1792) ran an unidentified shop in Wilmington, Delaware. The letter is from Farson to Samuel Coates (1748-1830), a Philadelphia merchant, regarding her shop and small house and large lot in Wilmington.
Dates:
1773
John Krider, gunsmith business papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0762
Abstract:
John Krider (1813-1886) was one of Philadelphia's most prominent gunsmiths during the nineteenth century. L. C. Siner & Co. was the successor company that continued Krider's business into the 1930s. This small collection of business papers documents Krider's and L. C. Siner & Co.'s gunsmith and sporting goods shop. It includes bills and receipts for guns, fishing equipment, ammunition, lumber, and other items sold in the store.
Dates:
1839-1937
John McShain papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2000
Abstract:
John McShain (1898-1989) was a Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.,-based building contractor, whose firm, John McShain, Inc., was by 1950 the fiftieth largest construction firm in the United States, with contracts in excess of $100,000,000. John McShain's personal and business papers document his business career, the construction industry, and his investments in hotels, car dealerships, parking garages, transit lines, and racehorses.
Dates:
1925-1989
John R. Johnson and Wallace Hume Carothers correspondence
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1842
Abstract:
John Raven Johnson (1900-1988) was a professor of chemistry at Cornell University from 1930 until his retirement in 1965. He also served as a consultant to E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company from 1937 until 1951, where he worked for the Organic Chemicals Department. Wallace Hume Carothers (1896-1937) was a chemist and inventor of Neoprene artificial rubber and Nylon synthetic fiber. He worked as a chemist in E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company's Fundamental Research Program from 1928 until his death in 1937. This collection consists of correspondence between Johnson and Carothers, who were close friends as well as colleagues. The letters are both professional and personal in nature. Several letters discuss laboratory research work in polymer chemistry and the role of the catalyst.
Dates:
1926-1936
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company licensing records
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1359-II
Abstract:
Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company began operation in 1831 as a cotton cloth manufacturer in Rockford, Delaware. After the Civil War the company concentrated on finishing cotton cloth. In later years it became famous for its Ban-lon artificial fiber but eventually withdrew from manufacturing in favor of licensing its processes and trademarks to other companies. This portion of the Bancroft records documents Bancroft's efforts to license and defend the Ban-lon, Everglaze and other trademarks in the United States, the British Commonwealth, Europe, Japan, and Latin America.
Dates:
1867-1971; Majority of material found within 1930-1969
Joseph Lincoln Gillson papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2470
Abstract:
Joseph Lincoln Gillson (1895-1964) was the chief geologist for the DuPont Company's Development Department from 1929 to 1960. As chief geologist he traveled all over the world making explorations in search of sulfur, ilmenite, fluorspar, barytes, celestite, and other raw materials, as well as conducting investigations in search of ground water supplies, foundations, and general site studies. This is a small collection that consists of a set of notebooks and related documents from Gillson's time working for the DuPont Company, as well as a set of papers and related documents from consulting projects he did during his retirement.
Dates:
1915; 1934-1962
Joseph P. Hornor letter book
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1019
Abstract:
Joseph P. Hornor (1785-1845) was a merchant in Philadelphia in the early nineteenth century. The collection is comprised of a letter book of Hornor's outbound letters, describing mercantile business spreading throughout the Philadelphia hinterlands.
Dates:
1816-1838
Joseph W. Lynch papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2580
Abstract:
Joseph W. Lynch was a textile chemist at the DuPont Company from 1954 to 1994. Lynch's papers document his forty-year career at DuPont. Some company records in Lynch's possession antedate his employment, while others describe his job searches from 1952 to 1954. The bulk of the records deal with customer relations, including identifying and resolving problems concerning DuPont's textile fiber products and providing technical assistance to customers.
Dates:
1943-1994; Majority of material found within 1954-1979
Joshua Gilpin letterbook on microfilm
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0789
Abstract:
Joshua Gilpin (1765-1841) was a merchant and paper manufacturer in Delaware. This collection is a microfilm of letters in a scrapbook, including correspondence from Gilpin, Thomas Gilpin (1776-1853), and others.
Dates:
1770-1848
Joshua Gilpin letters to Matthew Boulton, copies
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 0592
Abstract:
Joshua Gilpin (1765-1841) was a merchant and paper manufacturer. The papers consist of copies of four typescript letters written to Matthew Boulton (1728-1809), a British engineer from Joshua Gilpin.
Dates:
1798-1803
Karthaus family papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 1340
Abstract:
Peter Arnold Karthaus (1765-1840) immigrated to the United States from Hamburg, Germany in 1796 and established a mercantile business in the West Branch of the Susquehanna River Valley. The collection documents Karthaus' mercantile business, land development in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, and his partnership with fellow German immigrant, Frederick W. Geissenhainer, a pioneer in using coal to smelt iron.
Dates:
1794-1966
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- Tourism 2 ∧ less
- Language
- English 189
- French 41
- German 2
- Names
- Du Pont family 94
- Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817 34
- Du Pont, Samuel Francis, 1803-1865 26
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 15
- Du Pont, Sophie Madeleine, 1810-1888 14
- Du Pont de Nemours, Francoise Robin Poivre, 1748-1841 11
- Du Pont, H. A. (Henry Algernon), 1838-1926 11
- United States. Navy 11
- Du Pont, Eleuthère Irénée, 1771-1834 7
- Du Pont, Henry, 1812-1889 6
- Du Pont, Victor Marie, 1767-1827 6
- Crowninshield, Louise du Pont, 1877-1958 4
- Pusey and Jones Company 4
- Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817 4
- Carothers, Wallace Hume, 1896-1937 3
- Du Pont, Margaretta Lammot, 1807-1898 3
- Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, Pa.) 3
- New York Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (1853-1854 : New York, N.Y.) 3
- Pusey & Jones Corporation 3
- Ramsay, William G. (William Gouverneur), 1866 - 1916 3
- Savery, Thomas H., 1837-1910 3
- Spruance, William C. (William Corbit), 1873-1935 3
- Young, William, 1755-1829 3
- Bauduy family 2
- Bauduy, Peter, 1769-1833 2
- Boucher de Molandon, Rémi Robert, 1765-1824 2
- Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School 2
- Christ Church Christiana Hundred (Greenville, DE) 2
- Christ Church Christiana Hundred Sunday School 2
- Copeland, Louisa d'A du Pont (Louisa d'Andelot du Pont), 1868-1926 2
- Crofton, Gabrielle Josephine Shubrick, 1835-1894 2
- Davis, Henry Winter, 1817-1865 2
- Delaware and Hudson Canal Company 2
- Du Pont, Alexis I. (Alexis Irénée), 1843-1904 2
- Du Pont, Annie Rogers, 1858-1927 2
- Du Pont, Francis Gurney, 1850-1904 2
- Du Pont, Pierre S. (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 2
- Du Pont, William, 1855-1928 2
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Experimental Station 2
- Fox, Gustavus Vasa, 1821-1883 2
- Gilpin, Joshua, 1765-1841 2
- Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993 2
- Gustav, King of Sweden, III, 1746-1792 2
- Harmand, Philippe Nicolas, 1759-1839 2
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 2
- Jullien, Marc-Antoine, 1775-1848 2
- Kemble, Victorine Elizabeth du Pont, 1825-1887 2
- Lukens Steel Company 2
- Lukenweld, Inc 2
- Maxim, Hudson, 1853-1927 2
- May, Sophie du Pont, 1900-2001 2
- Ramsay family 2
- Ree, Lavinia Dimmick, 1874-1946 2
- Scheffer, Carl Fredrik, 1715-1786 2
- Smith, Eleuthera du Pont, 1806-1876 2
- Spruance family 2
- Spruance, Alice Lea, 1876-1967 2
- Thayer, Horace H., 1878-1959 2
- Thomas, David, 1794-1882 2
- Turgot, Anne-Robert-Jacques, baron de l'Aulne, 1727-1781 2
- Walcutt, Julia du Pont Crofton, 1866-1948 2
- Welles, Gideon, 1802-1878 2
- de Forest, Meta Kemble, 1852-1933 2
- Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1
- Aiken, James C., 1806-1884 1
- Alaska Mutual Bank 1
- Albany Academy 1
- Allen Family Association 1
- Allen family 1
- Allen, Benjamin, 1772-1836 1
- Allen, George F. (George Featherstonhaugh), 1815-1863 1
- Allen, Grace B. (Grace Brown), 1849-1854 1
- Allen, Horatio, 1802-1889 1
- Allen, Mary Benedict (Mary Benedict), 1778-1828 1
- Allen, Mary L. (Mary Louisa), 1816-1861 1
- Allen, Mary Mancrief, 1811-1887 1
- Allen, Rose E. 1
- Allen, Theodore, 1800-1850 1
- Allen, Thomas, 1698-1780 1
- American Mining and Securities Corporation 1
- American Sunday-School Union 1
- Ammen, Daniel, 1820-1898 1
- Andrew Clow & Co 1
- Annette, Walter Magee, 1874-1955 1
- Arctic (Steamship) 1
- Austin, Ben W., -1898 1
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company 1
- Bartley Crucible and Refractories, Inc. 1
- Battan, Hayes 1
- Baudin, 1748-1799 1
- Bauduy, Amelia Keating, 1820-1886 1
- Bauduy, Juliette Bretton des Chapelles, 1773-1837 1
- Bauduy, Victorine du Pont, 1792-1861 1
- Bayard, James A. (James Asheton), 1799-1880 1
- Belin, G. d'Andelot (Gaspard d'Andelot), 1888-1954 1
- Belknap, Robert Lenox 1
- Bell, Alexander Graham, 1847-1922 1
- Benedict family 1
- Bidermann, Evelina du Pont, 1796-1863 1
- Bidermann, James Antoine, 1790-1865 1 ∧ less
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