DuPont Allied Business Firms records LMSS.VI
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Table of Contents
Summary Information ...... 3 Historical Note ...... 3 Scope and Content ...... 4 Administrative Information ...... 5 Collection Inventory ...... 5 Du Pont, Bauduy & Co...... 5 Outgoing Correspondence ...... 5 Incoming Correspondence ...... 6 Accounts ...... 8 Du Planty, McCall & Co...... 11 Outgoing Correspondence ...... 11 Incoming Correspondence ...... 12 Accounts ...... 14 Brandywine Mill Seat Co...... 16 A. Cardon & Co...... 17 Rockland Manufacturing Company ...... 18
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Summary Information
Repository: Manuscripts and Archives Title: DuPont Allied Business Firms records ID: LMSS.VI Date [inclusive]: 1798-1856 Physical Description: 2 Linear Feet Language of the French . Material: Abstract: This collection includes the papers of Du Pont, Bauduy & Company (1803-1815); Du Planty, McCall & Company (1813-1837); Brandywine Mill Seat Company (1798-1854); A. Cardon & Company (1824-1833); and Rockland Manufacturing Company (1825-1856).
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Historical Note
Several early companies, established by members of the du Pont family, operated on the Brandywine Creek in proximity to the mills of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. These businesses included factories that produced tanned leather, woolen and cotton cloth, and yarns. The firms also owned properties that were used by, or sold to, other developers of mills in the region.
The firm of Du Pont, Bauduy & Co. was organized by Victor du Pont, E. I. du Pont, Peter Bauduy, and Raphael Du Planty as partners in 1810 in order to manufacture woolen cloth. The mill was at Louviers, Delaware, across the Brandywine River from the Du Pont Company's powder mills. In 1801 E.I. du Pont began importing Merino sheep. He also acquired the ram, Don Pedro, from Europe. By 1810 the du Pont family had raised a small herd of sheep and had made considerable progress in improving the quality of wool. The factory did, in fact, produce high-quality wool and counted both Presidents James Madison and James Monroe among its customers. However, when Bauduy and E. I. du Pont were involved in a series of financial disputes, Du Pont, Bauduy & Co. was dissolved and was succeeded by the partnership of Victor & Charles I. du Pont & Co.
As early as 1804 Archibald McCall and E. I. du Pont were in business with each other. McCall was a prominent Philadelphia merchant involved in the East India trade, a director of the First Bank of the United States, and an agent for the sale of Du Pont powder. On April 30, 1813 the firm of Du Planty, McCall & Co. was organized with Robert McCall (a younger brother), E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, and Raphael Du Planty as partners in a cotton spinning and weaving business. Archibald McCall and E. I.
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The Brandywine Mill Seat Company was formed in 1813 by E. I. du Pont, Caleb Kirk, James Jeffries, John Torbert and John Warner, all prominent businessmen in the Wilmington, Delaware, area, in an effort to attract manufacturers to the Brandywine area. Land along the creek was acquired from Job Harvey and Caleb Kirk, laid out in appropriate mill seats, and the waterpower computed for each. The venture was designed to profit from the increase in domestic manufacturing that accompanied the War of 1812, but like most others of the time it proved unsuccessful, and the property was divided and distributed among those who were members in 1829.
A. Cardon & Company was organized in 1815 by Alexandre Cardon de Sandrans, James Antoine Bidermann and Joseph Charles Dalmas (of whom the last two were du Pont relatives). Cardon de Sandrans had just arrived in America, having accompanied Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours from France as his companion and secretary. He was a younger brother of Paul François, Baron Cardon de Sandrans (1781-1848), who married a niece of Madame du Pont de Nemours. The firm was to produce leather by an accelerated process of manufacture and established a tannery on Brandywine Creek near Wilmington. Over half the capital was advanced by E. I. du Pont for his brother-in-law, Dalmas, and for Bidermann. L. F. Chenou was contracted to give instruction in the tanning process, but he left in 1816 to open a tannery in New Orleans. The first leather was produced late in 1816, but Cardon and Bidermann agreed to dissolve the business in 1825. Formal dissolution came on June 1, 1826, and debts were assumed, temporarily, by E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, but eventually charged to the account of Bidermann. Cardon went to Harrisburg, Pa., to manage the tannery of Eldridge & Brick, creditors of A. Cardon & Co. Cardon later owned iron works in Pennsylvania.
The Rockland Manufacturing Company was formed in 1825, as successor to W. Young, Son & Company, with William Young, William Wallace Young, Isaac Bannister, John McAllister and John McAllister, Jr., as directors. The firm manufactured cotton and woolen cloth at Rockland, on the Brandywine above Wilmington, Del. Alfred V. du Pont became a director in 1846. The company became bankrupt and its property was seized in 1848-1849. Its property was eventually sold to Jessup & Moore, a paper manufacturer, and E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Company.
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Scope and Content
This collection includes the papers of Du Pont, Bauduy & Company (1803-1815); Du Planty, McCall & Company (1813-1837); Brandywine Mill Seat Company (1798-1854); A. Cardon & Company (1824-1833); and Rockland Manufacturing Company (1825-1856).
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Administrative Information
Publication Statement Manuscripts and Archives
PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library
Provenance Gift of Pierre S. du Pont
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Collection Inventory
Du Pont, Bauduy & Co., 1809-1815 Physical Description: 0.25 Linear Feet Scope and Content
Du Pont, Bauduy & Company records consist of letters written by the partners and employees. They pertain to the price of sheep and wool, sales of Merinos, sources of funds, labor, supplies, sales of cloth to powder workers, the role of the factory in the development of the woolen mill, and the impact of Thomas Jefferson's Nonintercourse Act on the business. There is also information on sales, production of raw wool, credit, and the employment of dyers and apprentices.
Outgoing Correspondence, 1809-1814 Scope and Content
Letters written by partners and employees of the company pertain to the price of sheep and wool, sales of Merinos to or from Du Pont flocks, sources of funds, labor and supplies, sales of cloth to powder workers, the need for teasers in cloth manufacture, the role of the powder factory in the development of the woolen mill, and protection
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of the American market by the Nonintercourse Act. About half of these are exchanges between partners or employees.
Title/Description Instances Peter Bauduy, 1809181218141815 box 1
William H. Clifford, 1813 box 1
Charles Dalmas, undated box 1
Raphael Du Planty, 1809undated box 1
E. I. du Pont, 1810undated box 1
Victor du Pont, 1814 box 1
Vital Marie Garesché, 1814 box 1
Abraham Bell, Jersey City, 1810 box 1
Henry L. Biscoe, Richmond, undated box 1
Richard Caton, Baltimore, 1810 box 1
Manuel Eyre, Philadelphia, 1815 box 1
Robert R. Livingston, Clermont, N. Y., 1810 box 1
Alexander McKim, Washington, 1812 box 1
John Mason, Georgetown, D. C., undated box 1
H. Robinson, New York, 1815 box 1
William Stuart, undated, undated box 1
John Warder & Sons, Philadelphia, 1811 box 1
Incoming Correspondence, 1809-1815 Scope and Content
Letters received (81 items) pertain largely to inquiries or orders from wool producers or agents, and concern sales, prices, quality, and production of raw wool and cloth, blood lines and remedies for diseases of sheep, sources of supply for teasers, machinery, credit, methods of bleaching and dyeing, employment of dyers and apprentices. Other incidental subjects are: a passport for Du Pont de Nemours, projected publications on manufacturing and agriculture by James Mease and Thomas Cooper, the library of E. I. du Pont, Jefferson's flock of sheep and his home at Monticello, and a cattle show in Philadelphia.
Title/Description Instances William Anderson (Member of Congress from Pennsylvania), box 1 Washington, 1809
Nicholas Arnous, Philadelphia, 1814 box 1
Abraham Bell, Jersey City, 1810 box 1
Erich Bollmann, Philadelphia, 1811 box 1
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James Caldwell, Philadelphia, 1810 box 1
J.C. Campbell, Wilmington, Del., 1810 box 1
James Canby, Wilmington, Del., 1814 box 1
Richard Caton, Brooklandwood near Baltimore, 1810 box 1
John R. Coates, Philadelphia, 1814 box 1
Edward Coles, Philadelphia, 1813 box 1
Thomas Cooper, Northumberland, Pa., 1809 box 1
George Coxen, Philadelphia, 1813 box 1
F. Duruflé, New York, 1811 box 1
Thomas Emory, Poplar Grove, Centreville, Md., 1809 box 1
Athans Fenwick, Great Mill St. Mary 's Co., Md., 1809 box 1
William H. Foote, Rose Hill, [Md.?], 1809 box 1
T. M. Forman, Rose Hill near Georgetown, [Md. ?], 1809 box 1
Edward Gilpin, Wilmington, Del., 1815 box 1
Anthony Girard, New York, 1811-1813 box 1
Francis Haughey, New Castle, 1809 box 1
M. E. Heineken, Mt. Pleasant Germantown, Pa., 1812 box 1
Benjamin Howard, Washington, 1809 box 1
Caleb Kirk, Christiana Hundred, Del., 1809 box 1
Thomas Law on his projected cloth factory, Washington, 1812 box 1
Robert R. Livingston, Clermont, N. Y., 1809-1810 box 1
Edward Lloyd, Easton, Md., 1812 box 1
Alexander McKim, Washington, 1812-1813 box 1
Robert McKim, Baltimore, 1813 box 1
James Mease, also his "Du Pont " field of grafts, Philadelphia, box 1 1809
William Miles, Philadelphia, 1811 box 1
John Mitchel, Belleville, N.J., 1811 box 1
John Montgomery, Danville, Pa., 1810 box 1
J. P. Muhlenberg (for Oliver Evans), Mars Works, Pa., 1812 box 1
Richard Peters, Belmont near Philadelphia, 1810 box 1
David Prentice, Eagle Works, Philadelphia, 1810 box 1
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box 1
John Reynolds, Wilmington, Del., 1810 box 1
Richardson & Duff (Union Factory), Baltimore, 1813 box 1
Richard Robinett, Philadelphia, 1812 box 1
William Thornton, Washington, 1809-1810 box 1
John Vaughan, Philadelphia, 1809 box 1
John C. Vowell [Voxell?], Alexandria, Va., 1809 box 1
John Warder & Sons, Philadelphia, 1811 box 1
John Warner, Philadelphia, 1810-1814 box 1
William Young, Rockland, Del., 1810 box 1
Accounts, 1805-1814 Title/Description Instances Statements of the creditor,Raphael Du Planty, Victor du Pont, or box 1 Vital-Marie Garesché - Clark & Simmons, lumber for Du Pont, Bauduy & Co., E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, and the powder factory, 1810
Statements of the creditor,Raphael Du Planty, Victor du Pont, box 1 or Vital-Marie Garesché - E. I. du Pont, cloth, payments for raw wool, investments with Peter Bauduy for mill seats, 18131814
Statements of the creditor,Raphael Du Planty, Victor du Pont, box 1 or Vital-Marie Garesché - E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., cloth for powder workers, military uniforms for the Brandywine Rangers, payments for boarding and wages of woodcutters for the powder mill, 18131814
Statements of the creditor,Raphael Du Planty, Victor du Pont, or box 1 Vital-Marie Garesché - William Young, cloth, 1813
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified-Henry Abbott, stoves, 1809
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified- Clark & Leonard, lumber, 18101811
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified- John Dauphin, tar, rope, 1810
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified - Rumford and Abijah Dawes, 1810
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified - Alexander Draper, lumber, 1810
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Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified- James Dunn, cloth, 1812
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified - E. I. du Pont, raw wool, cloth, 18131814
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified - E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., cloth for workers and U.S. officials, carpentry, cordage, wages for powder workers, 18131814
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified - Ferris & Gilpin, iron, 1810
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified- Joseph Grubb, hardware, 18101815
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified-Howell, Robeson & Shaw, wine for Victor du Pont, billed to Company, 1813
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, box 1 Du Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified- Barzillai Jefferis, cabinetwork, 1810
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified - Jacob Kirk, machinery, 1809
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified - James McAlpin, military uniform, Philadelphia tailor, 1813
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified- Daniel McEvers, cloth, 1814
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified -John Mitchel, millwright, 1810
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified - Aaron Paulson, blankets for Hagley, 1813
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified-Henry J. Pepper, pointing gold-tipped lightning rods, 1811
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified- Washington Rice, candles, 1814
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified - Mathew Scott, cloth, 1812
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Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified - Joseph Shipley, freight, military cockades, flour, 18101814
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, box 1 Du Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified- George and William Simmons, lumber, 1811
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified - William Walker, nails, 18101811
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified- John White & Co., glass, 18101811
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified - James Wilson, business paper, Military Guide, binding newspapers, printing political and advertising notices, 1814
Bills and receipts directed to E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, Du box 1 Pont, Bauduy & Co., or unspecified- undated or unidentified, freight, machinery, carpentry, and manufacturing costs, undated
Checks, drawn on the Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine box 1 for Du Pont, Bauduy & Co., signed by Victor du Pont or Raphael Du Planty for the Company, printed by Peter Brynberg, numbered by the Company, and cancelled by the bank with a press, 18101811
Company check No. 1 drawn by Victor du Pont, 1810 July 3 box 1
Company check No. 44 sent to Mr. Eugene du Pont, 14 Dec box 1 1908, 1810
Two promissory notes transferred between E.I. du Pont and box 1 the woolen factory reflecting his primary position in the firm (Victor du Pont signed for the Company), circa 1814
Documents, extracts, and memoranda on factory organization- box 1 extract of letter, John Wilson to Joshua Stroud, procedure for woolen cloth manufacture, 1805 December 6
Documents, extracts, and memoranda on factory organization- box 1 deed of sale from Peter Bauduy to woolen factory, ADF, 1810 February 26
Documents, extracts, and memoranda on factory organization- box 1 memoir by Raphael Du Planty, "Merinos-Woolen Cloth Manufactory ", describing buildings, machinery, costs, and projected manufacture, circa 1810-1811
Documents, extracts, and memoranda on factory organization box 1 -agreement between the Company and William H. Clifford regulating his contributions to the Company, 1811 April 26
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Documents, extracts, and memoranda on factory organization- box 1 translation by Victor du Pont, articles of association of the woolen factory, Bauduy & Garesché, 1812 September 15
Documents, extracts, and memoranda on factory organization- box 1 extract by Raphael Du Planty concerning requirements by Indian Office for blankets, 1814 January 14
Documents, extracts, and memoranda on factory organization- box 1 cost estimates for projected woolen production, undated
Documents, extracts, and memoranda on factory organization - box 1 memoranda on machinery arrangement and possible purchase, earmarks of sheep, and foreign cloth production, undated
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Du Planty, McCall & Co., 1813-1844 Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet Scope and Content
Du Planty, McCall & Company records include letters written by the partners and are largely concerned with orders for spinning machinery, cotton yarn, and raw cotton. There is some correspondence relating to the 1819 shut down. Also included are letters documenting construction of the mill and the employment of bleachers and dyers. There is some correspondence that indicates one Pouchet Belmare from Rouen was offering to pay for the passage of French workers to America. Financial records include accounts, bills, and receipts, including those for boarding workers (1815). There is also an employee list giving occupations and wages. Other records document the leasing of the mill to A. W. Adams & Co. in 1843, when it became known as Henry Clay Mill. In 1845 it was sold by the heirs of E. I. du Pont to E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
Outgoing Correspondence Scope and Content
Letters written by partners of the company, largely concerned with orders for spinning machinery, cotton yarn, the supply of raw cotton, and the shut-down of operations in 1819, but also relating to dam repairs, the reluctance of Du Planty to sell the mill in 1820, and arrangements for its lease or sale, 1821-25.
Title/Description Instances William P. Bryan, Philadelphia, 1825 box 2
Daniel Byrnes (Wilmington & Brandywine Bank), Wilmington, box 2 Del., 1818
John D. Carter, 1822 box 2
Raphael Du Planty, 18151817-1820undated box 2
Du Planty, McCall & Co., 1815 box 2
E. I. du Pont, 1819-1820 box 2
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Jean Pierre Garesché, Eden Park, Wilmington, Del. On dispute box 2 over dam repairs, 1822
Daniel Lammot, Philadelphia, 1825 box 2
Joshua [Josiah?] Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1825 box 2
Archibald McCall, Philadelphia, 1814-1815 box 2
Alexander McKim, Baltimore, on sympathies on McKim 's box 2 $70,000 fire, 1815
George Read, Jr. and James Riddle (Bank of New Castle) New box 2 Castle, 1815
Unidentified, undated box 2
Incoming Correspondence Scope and Content
Letters received pertain to machinery, construction, employment, bleaching and dyeing, finances, dam repairs, purchase of Louisiana cotton, bids to lease the factory, and related matters. Of particular interest are letters of: Pouchet Belmare, from Rouen, France, offering to pay for the passage of French workmen to America in exchange for cotton; Monsieur Ceriblier, of New York, regarding his plans for going to France to recruit workmen; and Dulac fils, of Nantes, France, on the fall of Napoleon in 1815.
Title/Description Instances John Aldred, Weaver, Germantown, Pa., 1815 box 2
Aldrichs & Dixon, Cotton machinery, Wilmington, Del., 1813 box 2
Samuel Baldwin, Wilmington Furnace, Del., 1815 box 2
Baldwin & Thomas, Castings, Wilmington, Del., 1814 box 2
Bauduy, Garesché & Co., Eden Park, Wilmington, Del., 1815 box 2
Bennet & Tennant, Philadelphia, 1815 box 2
John Bird, [Wilmington, Del.?], 1814 box 2
Briscoe & Partridge, Baltimore, 1815 box 2
William P. Bryan (Lippincott & Bryan), Philadelphia, Bids to box 2 lease cotton factory for 7 years with option to buy, 1825
Samuel Bush, Wilmington, Del., 1815 box 2
John Butterworth, Iron, Philadelphia, 1814 box 2
John D. Carter, 1822 box 2
Peter Caverly (cashier of Farmers Bank of Delaware), box 2 Wilmington, 1815
Monsieur Ceriblier [Criblier?], New York, Plans for a trip to box 2 France to hire workmen, 1814-1815
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James Danforth, New York, 1813 box 2
Monsieur Dulac fils, Nantes, France, regarding the fall of box 2 Napolean (incomplete), 1815
Pliny Earle & Bros., Carding machines, Leicester, Mass., 1813 box 2
Jean Pierre Garesché, Eden Park, Wilmington, Del., Dispute box 2 over dam repairs between Bauduy property, 1822
Vital Marie Garesché, Wilmington, Del., 1814 box 2
Edward Gilpin, Steel, Wilmington, Del., 1813 box 2
Anthony Girard, New York, regarding recommendation of box 2 Criblier for mill manager, cotton thread samples, orders, arrival of the Fingal with du Pont de Nemours, 1814-1815
William F. Griffitts, Philadelphia, Inquiry on price of the cotton box 2 factory advertised for sale, 1825
Thomas Grimshaw, Philadelphia, 1815 box 2
Joseph Grubb, Glass, Wilmington, 1814-1815 box 2
Francois Guegand, Philadelphia, 1815 box 2
George & Francis Harley, Copper boiler, Philadelphia, 1815 box 2
William Harley, Metal reeds and gears, Philadelphia, 1815 box 2
John Hedges, Wilmington, Del., 1815-1816 box 2
Callender Irvine, Philadelphia, 1825 box 2
Daniel King, Philadelphia, 1815 box 2
William Kirk, Bricks, Wilmington, Del., 1815 box 2
Daniel Lammot, Philadelphia, regarding possible purchasers of box 2 the cotton factory, 1825
Joshua Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1825 box 2
Robert McCleland, Philadelphia, 1819 box 2
Henry J. Pepper, 1820 box 2
Daniel Pettibone, Stove, Philadelphia, 1815 box 2
William Poole & Co., Brandywine, Del., 1814 box 2
Pierre Abraham Pouchet Belmare, Rouen, France regarding box 2 arrangements to pay workmen's passage to the U.S. in exchange for cotton, 1815
Samuel Richards, Castings, Philadelphia, 1815 box 2
James Riddle and George Read, of the Bank of New Castle, box 2 1815
L. Salvé, 1815 box 2
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John B. Shull, Philadelphia, 1815 box 2
Stephen Sicard, Jr., Philadelphia, 1815 box 2
Stroud & Hull, 1816 box 2
Thorp, Siddall & Co., Philadelphia, 1820 box 2
Charles Tilden, Georgetown Cross Roads, 1815 box 2
George Treytorrens, Dyer, Rome, N.Y., 1814-1815 box 2
Noah Underwood, Philadelphia, 1819 box 2
Woodcock, Smith & Co., Leicester, Mass., 1814 box 2
Edward Worrell (cashier of the Bank of Delaware), Wilmington, box 2 Del., 1814-1815
Duncan Wright, Bleachind and dyeing, (Arkwright Factory) box 2 Coventry, R. I., 1813-1814
William Young, Rockland, Del., 1815 box 2
Accounts Title/Description Instances Account with Raphael Du Planty, E. I. du Pont, Victor Du Pont, box 2 Archibald McCall, 1814
Account with Bauduy, Garesché & Co., 1814 box 2
Account with E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 1820 box 2
"Arch. McCall 's Statement of Cotton Mill at the time he wished box 2 to sell his shares ", undated
"Calculation for making one piece of Sassinett ", undated box 2
"Proforma acc 't Sales of bleached Cotton Twist " and "Of Raw box 2 Cotton ", undated
Bills and receipts to Raphael Du Planty, Du Planty, McCall & box 2 Co., or E. I. du Pont - Augustine Bousquet & Co., Louisiana cotton, 1814
Bills and receipts to Raphael Du Planty, Du Planty, McCall & box 2 Co., or E. I. du Pont - William Boyd, carpenter, 18131815
Bills and receipts to Raphael Du Planty, Du Planty, McCall & box 2 Co., or E. I. du Pont - Buntings & Watson, lumber, 1813-1814
Bills and receipts to Raphael Du Planty, Du Planty, McCall & box 2 Co., or E. I. du Pont - James Carnahan, wheelwright, 18131815
Bills and receipts to Raphael Du Planty, Du Planty, McCall & box 2 Co., or E. I. du Pont - Clark & Leonard, lumber, 1813
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Bills and receipts to Raphael Du Planty, Du Planty, McCall & box 2 Co., or E. I. du Pont - Mr. Criblier, expenses to Philadelphia and Baltimore, 1814
Bills and receipts to Raphael Du Planty, Du Planty, McCall & box 2 Co., or E. I. du Pont - Raphael Du Planty, 1815
Bills and receipts to Raphael Du Planty, Du Planty, McCall & box 2 Co., or E. I. du Pont - Victor du Pont, taxes, 1814
Bills and receipts to Raphael Du Planty, Du Planty, McCall & box 2 Co., or E. I. du Pont - Edward Gilpin, iron, 1813-1815
Bills and receipts to Raphael Du Planty, Du Planty, McCall & box 2 Co., or E. I. du Pont - John Hedges, rope, 1814-1815
Bills and receipts to Raphael Du Planty, Du Planty, McCall & box 2 Co., or E. I. du Pont - Peter Hendrickson, hauling, 18131815
Bills and receipts to Raphael Du Planty, Du Planty, McCall & box 2 Co., or E. I. du Pont - Others for meat and provisions, board for workmen, coal, lime, road tolls, taxes, etc.
Bills and receipts to Raphael Du Planty, Du Planty, McCall & box 2 Co., or E. I. du Pont - Invoices, 1815
Promissory notes and sight drafts including items related to box 2 purchase of Louisiana cotton, mill machinery, and construction, 1813-181418161819
Agreements and contracts - contract with George Hodgson & box 3 Bros. for carding engines, 1813
Agreements and contracts - articles of agreement between J. box 3 Hirons, Jr., and Raphael Du Planty for renting Hiron 's house, 1813
Agreements and contracts - arrangements for workmen at box 3 boarding houses, 1815
Agreements and contracts -indenture of Enoch Thomas to Du box 3 Planty, McCall & Co. for three years ' instruction from Criblier, 1815
Agreements and contracts - agreement with Criblier for him to box 3 bring workmen and machinery from France (1814), and later enlargement of this contract, 1815
Agreements and contracts - contract with Thompson & Jones to box 3 weave 50,000 yds. of drilling, undated
Miscellany - list of employees of Du Planty, McCall & Co. and box 3 of Bauduy, Garesché & Co., 1813
Miscellany - prices of cotton yarns in New York, 1814 box 3
Miscellany - memorandum and account book of Raphael Du box 3 Planty, 1815
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Miscellany - list of Du Planty, McCall & Co. workmen and their box 3 jobs, 1815
Miscellany - mule [spinners] room and office time sheet, 1815 box 3
Miscellany- "...the subscriptions... ", apparently notes on box 3 partnership listing shareholders and values of their stock: E. I. du Pont, Archibald McCall, Raphael Du Planty, Robert McCall, Victor du Pont, undated
Miscellany - memo on water twist and mule twist, circa 1814 box 3
Miscellany - "Cash paid the Farmers Bank on account of box 3 mortgage of Du Planty, McCall & Co. ", 1837-1843
Henry Clay Mill Miscellany - Letters from Alfred V. du Pont to box 3 A. W. Adams & Co., 1844
Henry Clay Mill Miscellany - Letters to Alfred V. du Pont from: box 3 A. W. Adams & Co., 1844
Henry Clay Mill Miscellany - Letters to Alfred V. du Pont from: box 3 Robert M. Canby re A. Stephens & Co., a subsequent lessee, 1844
Henry Clay Mill Miscellany - Land survey of the mill, circa box 3 1843
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Brandywine Mill Seat Co., 1798-1854 Scope and Content
Brandywine Mill Seat Company records, consist of correspondence, accounts, agreements and memoranda describing the acquisition of property, the attempt to sell mill seats to Cardon & Company records, 1825-1833, include copies of the 1815 articles of association and the company's contract with L.F. Chenou. There is also correspondence between Cardon and Bidermann concerning the dissolution of the firm and final financial settlements. Letters of Cardon to Bidermann and du Pont, written after the dissolution, relate to unpaid promissory notes and Cardon's iron works. There are several bills and receipts concerning the supply of hides and skins, wages, freights, and house rent.manufacturers, and the final disposition of the company's real estate and water rights.
Title/Description Instances Correspondence concerning sale of mill seats, accounts with the box 3 heirs of Caleb Kirk, mortgage held by Paul Beck, and transfer of water rights with label by Alfred V. du Pont, "Millseat propertys opposite Bancroft 's ", 1837-1839
Letters to Alfred V. du Pont, administrator, from William P. box 3 Brobson, 1835
Letters to Alfred V. du Pont, administrator, from Caleb Kirk [Jr.], box 3 Ewingsville, Md., 1837-1838
Letters to Alfred V. du Pont, administrator, from John G. Elliott, box 3 Waynesville, Oh., 1839
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Copy of an agreement between William Young and Caleb Kirk box 3 relating to mutual water rights, 1798
Bond from Kirk to E. I. du Pont, James Jefferis, John Warner, box 3 William Warner, and John Torbert, 1813 April 30
Bond from E. I. du Pont to Job Harvey, 1813 April 30 box 3
Bond from E. I. du Pont to Caleb Kirk (Nos. 1, 2), 1813 June 26 box 3
Agreement between John Torbert, agent of the company, and box 3 Thomas Maguire, to regulate the mill race on the Harvey property, with related papers, 1813 July 3
Agreement between Caleb Kirk and others with George Hudson, box 3 Thomas Hudson, Isaac Hudson, machinists, of Christiana Hundred, sale of part of former Harvey property, 1813 August 23
Bond from Caleb Kirk and others to Charles Tatem, blacksmith, box 3 sale of part of former Harvey property, 1814 March 25
Public notice by E. I. du Pont concerning mill property advertised box 3 for sale by Peter Bauduy [see claims by du Pont against Bauduy in his suit with Victor du Pont against Bauduy and Alexander Deschapelles, Court of Chancery, State of Delaware, 16 May 1822], 1822 October 26
Notes and memoranda by Alfred V. du Pont on the disposal of the box 3 company 's real estate, 1854undated
Accounts, bills, and receipts pertaining to purchase of property box 3 from Louis McLane, 1813 March 12
Property deeds, drawn by Jonas P. Fairlamb and Joseph Read, box 3 1813
Purchase of the Bauduy, Garesché & Co. mill seat, 1813-1814 box 3
Bonds to Caleb Kirk, circa 1814 box 3
Bill, William H. Naff, advertising sales of mill seats Nos. 2, 3, box 3 1837
Receipt, Caleb Kirk [Jr.] to Alfred V. du Pont, 1839 box 3
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A. Cardon & Co., 1815-1833 Physical Description: 2.5 Linear Feet Scope and Content
Cardon & Company records, include copies of the 1815 articles of association and the company's contract with L.F. Chenou. There is also correspondence between Cardon and Bidermann concerning the dissolution of the firm and final financial settlements. Letters of Cardon to Bidermann and du Pont, written after the dissolution, relate to
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unpaid promissory notes and Cardon's iron works. There are several bills and receipts concerning the supply of hides and skins, wages, freights, and house rent.
Title/Description Instances Correspondence-Cardon to Bidermann, 1825-1833 box 3
Correspondence-Cardon to E. I. du Pont, 1825 box 3
Correspondence- Cardon to John Walters, 1826 box 3
Correspondence-Bidermann to Cardon, 1825-1833 box 3
Correspondence -Bidermann to James J. Barclay, 1830 box 3
Correspondence-E. I. du Pont to Bidermann, undated box 3
Unidentified correspondent, 1827 box 3
Incoming - Henry M. Crawford, Philadelphia, 1828 box 3
Incoming- John White, Philadelphia, 1833 box 3
Incoming - William Graydon, Harrisburg, 1833 box 3
Incoming- Francis Gurney Smith, Philadelphia, 1833 box 3
Enclosure- (William Graydon to John White), 1833 box 3
Accounts with Mrs. E. I. du Pont, 18171818 box 3
Accounts with E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 1820 box 3
Order to pay Henry Pepper, 1820 box 3
Bills and receipts-James Morrison, 1820-1825 box 3
Bills and receipts- Mrs. E. I. du Pont, 1821-1825 box 3
Bills and receipts - P. Abbott & Co., 1827 box 3
Document- Agreement between Alexandre Cardon de Sandrans, box 3 Jacques [James] Antoine Bidermann, and Louis Francois Chenou, concerning services by Chenou, 1815 December 29
Articles of association for the tannery, A. Cardon & Co., 1815 box 3 December 29
Memoir by James Antoine Bidermann, history of the tannery, box 3 undated
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Rockland Manufacturing Company, 1825-1856
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Scope and Content
Rockland Manufacturing Company records are chiefly concerned with the interests of the stockholders and creditors, and with the disposition of the property. Wage lists for 1848 give data on both male and female employees. Records also include the 1825 act of incorporation.
Title/Description Instances Copy of the act of incorporation of the "Rockland Manufacturing box 4 Co. on the Brandywine ", successor to W. Young, Son & Co., naming as Directors William Young, William Wallace Young, Isaac Bannister, John McAllister, John McAllister, Jr., capital not in excess of $300,000, 1825
John McAllister, Jr., Edward T. Warner, John Steward, W. W. box 4 Young, J. Evans Young, to Alfred V. du Pont requesting an appraisal of the Company 's buildings and assets, 1843
Alfred V. du Pont 's answer to John McAllister, Jr., Edward T. box 4 Warner, John Steward, W. W. Young, J. Evans Young, estimating the sale value of the property, 1843
G. F. Huber to Alfred V. du Pont regarding errors in deeds of land box 4 bought by Huber from the Company, 1843
"Estimated Value of the Rockland property ", Alfred V. du Pont 's box 4 evaluation of Brandywine power for cotton, 1844
Alfred V. du Pont, "Memorandum relative to settlement with box 4 W.W. Young ", 1845
John McCallister, Jr. 's notice of the election of Alfred V. du Pont, box 4 Cyrus Hillborn, George W. Richards as Directors to fill vacancies created by the deaths of William Young [1829], 1846
John McAllister, Isaac Bannister, and the resignations of Joseph T. box 4 Warner, Edward T. Warner, J. Evans Young, 1846
"Proposed resolution by the Directors " outlining payment of box 4 Company debts to its employees, 1847
John M. Young to Alfred V. du Pont, with weekly wages of the box 4 Company workmen, 1848
Cyrus Hillborn 's views on needed improvements and plan to box 4 purchase shares from McAllister, Richards, and Alfred V. du Pont, 1848
Alexander Porter, Delaware District Marshal, inventory and box 4 appraisal of goods and chattels belonging to the company, 1848
Company account book with wages, etc., 1848 box 4
Marshal 's sale of Company machinery to Alfred V. du Pont and box 4 John McAllister, Jr., 1849
Lease by the Company to Cyrus Hillborn of the Rockland mills box 4 for three years, 1849
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John Gorrie, agent for Hillborn, "list of appraisement of the effects box 4 destroyed by fire Oct 2nd & 3rd 1849 "
Articles of agreement with specifications, between James box 4 Goodman and Cyrus Hillborn, as agent for the Company, for Goodman to build a new weaving mill for $2850, 1849
Alfred V. du Pont, "Calculation relative to the cost of the weaving box 4 mill to be build at Rockland ", 1849
Cyrus Hillborn to and from Alfred V. du Pont, question of putting box 4 the Company property up for sale, which would ruin Hillborn, 1850
Alfred V. du Pont to the Levy Court of New Castle County, box 4 describing lots sold at auction, 1849 May
Alfred V. du Pont, "Memorandum of the present State of the box 4 Rockland Man 'g Co. 's real estate, made March 7th 1850 "
Death of McAllister 's brother-in-law J. Evans Young, 1850 box 4
Alfred V. du Pont to John McAllister, Jr., regarding getting box 4 security from Hillborn for his recent possession of the new mill by having Hillborn 's machinery insured as "ours " for an amount sufficient to cover funds lent by them to Hillborn, 1850
Alfred V. du Pont, "Specifications made with J. Goodman...The box 4 plan of the building was altered before Goodman broke ground ", 1850
Cyrus Hillborn to and from Alfred V. du Pont, regarding du Pont box 4 's order for the property to be sold for nonpayment of Hillborn 's debt, arrangements for Restore Carter to purchase lien held by du Pont on Hillborn 's Rockland property, so that the sale may be stopped, and Hillborn 's attempts to buy the mill now only leased to him, 1851
John McAllilster, Jr., to and Alfred V. du Pont, on the same box 4 topics as the Hillborn letters, statement of insurance on the Rockland buildings and machinery, marshal 's sale in May by which machinery purchase is "confirmed " to McAllister and du Pont, Hillborn 's "suspension or failure" in September, closing of the mills by the sheriff, 1851
Bills form the Evening Bulletin (Philadelphia), American box 4 (Baltimore), North American and United States Gazette (Philadelphia) for advertising, 1851 April 23
Marshal 's sale of the Company real estate and water power, 1851 box 4
Notice that sale has been stopped, 1851 May 19 box 4
Elections in July of Directors John McAllister, Jr. [President], box 4 Joseph T. Warner [Treasurer], Jacob Backhouse, Charles Warner, Alfred V. du Pont, 1851
James A. Bayard to Alfred du Pont, concerning McLanahan & box 4 Pleasants' lawsuit against the Company, 1851
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Cyrus Hillborn to and from Alfred V. du Pont, on the securing of box 4 Hillborn's debt to du Pont by the Rockland machinery, du Pont's desire to sell the rapidly deteriorating machinery, Hillborn's hopes to buy the Rockland property through his friends at private sale, 1853
Joseph T. Warner to Alfred V. du Pont, re Bayard's plan to sell the box 4 Rockland property when the bonds mature, 1853
Alfred V. du Pont to Edward W. Gilpin, stating that the bonds box 4 given by the Company to its hands come due Jan 1854, and that the bondholders want the real estate sold and the business closed, 1853
Cyrus Hillborn to and from Alfred V. du Pont, regarding box 4 Hillborn's proposal to buy Rockland property by paying all bondholders in full, du Pont 's refusals to sell to Hillborn, sale of machinery in May, sale of mills to A. E. Jessup of Jessup & Moore and to Henry du Pont of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Hillborn's hopes to rent from them, 1854
John McAllister, Jr., to and from Alfred V. du Pont, sheriff's sales box 4 in October of the real estate to Jessup and of Hillborn's personal property at Rockland, insurance transferred to Jessup and Henry du Pont, 1854
Alfred V. du Pont to Charles I. du Pont, stating in September that box 4 Hillborn no longer has anything to do with Rockland real estate other than being a tenant and a share holder in the Company, of which the stock is worthless, 1854
Alfred V. du Pont to Edward W. Gilpin, attempts to discourage the box 4 Daniel Lammots from moving to Rockland from Chester Creek, 1855
Cyrus Hillborn to and from Alfred V. du Pont, inventory readied box 4 by du Pont for the sale of the rusted machinery, purchase for a paper mill by Jessup & Moore of du Pont's interest in the Rockland real estate, cotton machinery to be removed by October, sale of machinery scheduled for September 22 [which did not take place at that time], 1855
Joseph T. Warner to Alfred V. du Pont, with a statement of box 4 Hillborn's indebtedness to the Company, 1855
Copy of Cyrus Hillborn to John McAllister, Jr., asking for box 4 cancellation of Hillborn's contract with the Company, 1856
Alfred V. du Pont to and from John McAllister, Jr., sale in June of box 4 machinery for $2700 gross, a price lower than the appraisal, 1856
Cyrus Hillborn to and from Alfred V. du Pont, "Account with box 4 Cyrus Hillborn", 1851 December-1856 January
Edward W. Gilpin to and from Alfred V. du Pont, regarding box 4 agreement by Hillborn that the machinery, held by McAllister and Alfred V. du Pont as security against Hillborn, be sold and the proceeds applied to their claims, 1856
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Alfred V. du Pont, "Statement of Shafting...etc. at the Rockland box 4 Mills, being the property of John McAllister [Jr.] and Alfred V. du Pont ", 1856
Purchase of machinery by Elias Dickens, Jessup & Moore, et al., box 4 1856
Estimates for a 2500 spindle cotton mill, to cost about $50,000, box 4 undated
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