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DuPont Company correspondence with William H. Seward (photocopies)
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Accession: 0604
Abstract:
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont Company. Established in 1802, the company began with the production of gunpowder. The collection consists of seven photocopied letters between DuPont and Secretary of State William H. Seward (1801-1872) regarding the purchase of saltpetre (saltpeter) during the Civil War.
Dates:
1861-1862
