Eleuthère Irénée du Pont papers LMSS.III
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Manuscripts and Archives PO Box 3630 Wilmington, Delaware 19807 [email protected] URL: http://www.hagley.org/library Eleuthère Irénée du Pont papers LMSS.III
Table of Contents
Summary Information ...... 3 Biographical Note ...... 3 Scope and Content ...... 4 Administrative Information ...... 4 Related Materials ...... 4 Controlled Access Headings ...... 5 Collection Inventory ...... 5 Personal correspondence ...... 5 Outgoing ...... 5 Incoming ...... 9 Special papers ...... 16 Accounts ...... 16 Copybooks and school notes ...... 23 Writings and notes ...... 24 Special file ...... 25 Sophie Dalmas du Pont papers ...... 29 Outgoing correspondence ...... 30 Incoming correspondence ...... 30 Special papers ...... 31
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Summary Information
Repository: Manuscripts and Archives Creator: Du Pont, Eleuthère Irénée, 1771-1834 Title: Eleuthère Irénée du Pont papers ID: LMSS.III Date [inclusive]: 1782-1838 Physical Description: 1.7 Linear Feet Language of the English . Material: Abstract: This collection primarily consists of E.I. du Pont's personal and business correspondence; writings and notes; school materials; memoranda on manufactures and tariffs; legal agreements; patents; and land surveys. Also included are Sophie (Dalmas) du Pont's correspondence and household account records.
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Biographical Note
Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834), the son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817), was born in Paris on June 24, 1771. In 1787, he was accepted as a student in the Regis des Poudres, a government agency for the manufacture of gunpowder which was directed by Antoine Lavoisier (1743-1794). In 1800 Eleuthère Irénée du Pont emigrated to the United States and began investigating sites for a black powder manufactory. After consulting with Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) he established E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. on the bank of the Brandywine River, just north of Wilmington, Delaware. In the spring of 1803 he settled his family at Eleutherian Mills and wrote to Jefferson seeking government patronage for his new powder factory. During the 1810s du Pont was active in the Society of the State of Delaware for the Promotion of American Manufacturers, where he lobbied Congress for high tariffs. In 1822 he was named a director of the Bank of the United States. Eleuthère Irénée du Pont died in Philadelphia on October 31, 1834.
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Scope and Content
This collection primarily consists of E.I. du Pont's personal and business correspondence; writings and notes; school materials; memoranda on manufactures and tariffs; legal agreements; patents; and land surveys. Also included are papers concerning the South Brandywine Rangers, a militia unit during the War of 1812.
Sophie Dalmas du Pont's papers consist primarily of correspondence with E.I. du Pont. Also included are three household account ledgers.
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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 (1870-1954)
The main body of E.I. du Pont's papers descended through Henry Algernon du Pont to Henry Francis du Pont.
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Related Materials
Related Material Eleuthère Irénée du Pont papers (Accession WMSS:IV), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library
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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Accession LMSS:5), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library
A. Cardon & Company records (Accession 500), Manuscripts and Archives Department, Hagley Museum and Library
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Controlled Access Headings
• Gunpowder industry • Merino sheep • Botany • Powder mills • Horticulture • Tariff -- United States. • Du pont, Sophie Dalmas, 1775-1828 • Du Pont family • E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company • Du Pont, Victor Marie, 1767-1827 • Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817
Collection Inventory
Personal correspondence Scope and Content
The correspondence is primarily personal but contains frequent references to business matters. The bulk of the letters were written by du Pont to his wife, father, and brother. Matters discussed include the Paris printing operations, the firm of du Pont de Nemours, Père et Fils & Cie., the financial affairs of Victor du Pont, E.I. du Pont's horticultural and botanical interests, the patronage of Thomas Jefferson in furthering the successs of the powder company, the establishment of ancillary leather, cotton and woolen manufacturing enterprises on the Brandywine, the tariff issue, the importation of Merino sheep, community affairs, and the education of du Pont's children.
Controlled Access Headings: • Correspondence. • Textile industry • Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 • Du Pont de Nemours, Pere et Fils & Cie
Outgoing, 1791-1829
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Scope and Content
Subjects referred to in the fifth group of outgoing correspondence (1791-1819) include: shipment of American plants and seeds to Europe, 1802; the French national gardens in New Jersey, 1802; request for Jefferson's patronage of E.I. du Pont's new powder firm, 1802; application for patent on improved machine used in powder manufacture, 1804; Mease's proposed periodical on agriculture, 1808; forwarding to Madison of du Pont de Nemours' Oeuvres de Turgot, 1809; Victor du Pont's financial embarrassment and new enterprises, 1812; charges of voting fraud against E.I. du Pont and his militia, 1813; death of Ferdinand Bauduy, 1814; supply of du Pont coarse wool cloth to General Mason of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1814; E.I. du Pont's views on the influence of agriculture on the establishment of new manufactures, 1815; negotiations of the DuPont company for a naval powder contract, 1817; delegation of duties to Alfred V. du Pont as a new member of the powder firm, 1819; powder orders; Merino sheep purchases and breeding.
Subjects referred to in the sixth group of outgoing correspondence (1820-1829, undated) include: E.I. du Pont a board member of the National Institution for the Promotion of Industry, 1820; E.I. du Pont's lengthy discussion of the best method for providing powder, 1822; visits of E.I. du Pont with his daughters Victorine and Eleuthera to their brother Henry at Mt. Airy College, 1822-1823; appointment of E.I. du Pont as a director of the Bank of the United States, 1822; resignation of E.I. du Pont from the board of the Farmers' Bank of Delaware, 1822; drawback on imported materials, 1823; explosion of the glazing mill, 1825; desire for improved grain threshing machine or process, 1827; duel fought by Louis Cazenove, 1827-1828; division of the Brandywine Mill Seat Co. property, 1828; powder business; Merino sheep purchases and breeding
Title/Description Instances Outgoing correspondence, 1791-1795 box 1
Outgoing correspondence, 1796-1810 box 2
Peter Bauduy, 1801-1812 box 2
Monsieur Bernier, 1801 box 2
Jean Joseph Auguste Bottée de Toulmon, 1801-1802 box 2
Lewis Bourdillon, 1808 box 2
Jacob Broom, 1802 box 2
Madame de Bussy, 1807 box 2
Rumford Dawes, 1804 box 2
William Duane, 1808 box 2
Stephen Dutilh, 1809 box 2
Vital Marie Garesché, 1803 box 2
Maximilian Godefroy, 1806 box 2
William Hamon, 1802 box 2
Philippe Nicolas Harmand, 1809 box 2
Pierre Abraham Pouchet-Belmare, 1804-1809 box 2
Monsieur Robin, 1801-1802 box 2
Charles Tierlin, 1807 box 2
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John Vaughan, 1804 box 2
Outgoing correspondence, 1811-1829 box 3
Francis Breuil, 1812 box 3
François Julienne Ile-de-France (Poivre) Bureaux de Pusy box 3 (Madame Jean Xavier Bureaux de Pusy), 1816
Philip Church, 1822 box 3
John Cuthbert, 1825 box 3
Louis P. D'Autremont, 1827 box 3
P. P. F. Degrand, 1823-1826 box 3
Alfred Victor du Pont, 1823-1825 box 3
William C. Gardner, 1828 box 3
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La box 3 Fayette, 1824
Thomas Law, 1813 box 3
Edward Livingston, 1827 box 3
Robert McKim, 1814 box 3
Jonathan [?] Roberts, 1814 box 3
Francis Gurney Smith, 1829 box 3
William H. Sumner, 1822 box 3
Outgoing correspondence, undated box 4
Raphael Du Planty, undated box 4
Letters to daughter Victorine du Pont Bauduy (daughter), box 4 181618201822-18231827undated
Mme Josephine Napoléon Bonaparte in answer to her request box 4 for American seeds, 1802
Isaac Briggs, 1815 box 4
Jean Antoine Chaptal, French Minister of the Interior, 1802 box 4
John R. Coates, 1814 box 4
Bertram Peter Cruger, 18081812 box 4
Charles Dalmas, 1804 box 4
William Duane, editor of the Aurora, 1808 box 4
Monsieur Des Hayes, official in the French Ministry of the box 4 Interior, with list of seeds, 1802
Louis Du Barail, 1808 box 4
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Sophie Dalmas du Pont (wife), 1791-1826undated box 4
Victor du Pont (brother), 1804-1817 box 4
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (father), re his proposed box 4 marriage to Sophie Dalmas, 1791-1812
Anthony Girard on powder business, 1807 box 4
Outerbridge Horsay, 1807 box 4
Thomas Jefferson, 1802-1812 box 4
Jean Baptiste Louis Lelieur de Ville-sur-Arce with list of seeds, box 4 18051807
Louis McLane, 1813 box 4
James Madison, 1804-1809 box 4
Mr. Martellée, French and dancing tutor, 1812 box 4
General John Mason, 181418171827 box 4
James Mease, 1808 box 4
J.F. Nicolas Morel, 1802 box 4
Gideon Pearce, 1808 box 4
Philippe Picot, Baron de La Peyrouse, 1802 box 4
John Simmons, 1813 box 4
Dr. William Thorton, 1804 box 4
Mr. Jean Thouin at Paris with list of seeds, 1802 box 4
John Torbert of the Brandywine Mill Seat Co., 1813-1828 box 4
Three unknown addressees, 18021814 box 4 General Physical Description note: 3items
Nicholas Biddle, 1826 box 4
J.A. Bidermann and Alfred Victor du Pont, 1823-1824 box 4
Alexandre Cardon de Sandrans, undated box 4
Mathew Carey, 1821 box 4
Antoine Charles Cazenove, 1827-1829 box 4
Charles J. Cazenove, 1828 box 4
Henry Clay, Speaker of the House, on bill in Congress re tariff box 4 on woolens, 1824
Thomas L. McKenney, 1823-1824 box 4
Hezekiah Niles, 1827 box 4
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Jean René Denis Alexandre Riffault des Hêtres with list of box 4 seeds, 1802undated
Senator Caesar A. Rodney of Delaware, 1823 box 4
John Warner, undated box 4
Three unknown addressees, undated box 4
Incoming Scope and Content
Subjects treated in the first group of letters (1789, 1800-1813) include: the French national gardens in New Jersey, 1801-1802; Jefferson's recommendation to the Secretary of War of E.I. du Pont's powder factory, 1803; Jefferson's reference to du Pont de Nemours' services to the U.S., 1803; Hamon's withdrawal of his stock from the powder company, due to personal property losses in San Domingo, 1803; Regnier's praise of Charles Parent's small lawsuit of Benjamin Mason vs. Nicholas McHenry, 1807; transfer to E. I. du Pont of Jacob Broom's share of stock in the Wilmington Library Co., 1807; Leschevin's request for information on American "fabrication" of potash, 1808; passage of bill for the protection of American manufacturers, 1811; plan for a Merino association, 1811; Mease's reference to a theft which should be prosecuted [Ewell affair], 1812; dissolution of Victor du Pont's "estate", and its debt owed Cruger to be made good by E.I. du Pont, 1812; congratulations on the success of the cloth factory [du Pont, Bauduy & Co.], 1812; Law's request for information about a steam-powered flour mill, 1812; Ferdinand Bauduy, 1813; hydrostatic engine to replace water wheels, 1813; threat of the British to the Brandywine, 1814; arrangements for E. I. du Pont to lease Jaquett's farm, 1814; purchase for Mrs. John Warner of the one-sixth of the Brandywine Mill Seat Co. property, 1814
Subjects mentioned in the second group of letters (1814-1835, undated) include: Irvine's race horse "Bernadotte," 1815; Jaquett's complaints of E. I. du Pont's neglect of the farm leased by Jaquett to du Pont, 1815; explosion at the powder factory, 1815; price of cotton yarns in the Glasgow market, 1815; difficulty of exchanging Delaware notes for Maryland or other Southern paper, 1815; confirmation of E.I. du Pont as a director of the Bank of the United States, 1815, 1822, 1825, 1827-1829; E.I. du Pont a board member from Delaware of the National Institution for the Promotion of Industry, 1820; Moore's machine for dressing cloth by water, 1822; drawback on foreign hemp, 1823; sample of goat "cassimere" wool from Calcutta, sent by Dr. Cooper, 1823; Eagle powder samples sent to the Secretary of War, 1824; opposition in Kent Co. Del., on the grounds of his tariff vote, to McLane's reelection, 1824; Delaware's claims against the War Department for militia expenses, 1826; death of Victor du Pont, 1827; duel of Louis Cazenove, 1827; Niles' committee to discuss the depression in U.S. wool manufacturing, 1827; E.I. and Charles I. du Pont, administrators for the Victor du Pont estate, vs. Peter Bauduy and Alexandre Deschapelles, 1827; death of Mme E. I. du Pont, 1828; return of Evelina (du Pont) Biddermann and her husband from France, 1828; Carey's extensive views on the need for a protective tariff, with some history of the problem, 1829; Courier & Enquirer's charges that E. I. du Pont influenced his workmen's votes in the last election, 1830; Poussin's trip to England, describing the King's pavilion at Brighton, 1831; cholera epidemic, 1832; serious accident to F.G. Smith, Jr.'s hand, 1833; cloth and powder orders
Title/Description Instances William Anderson, 18081811 box 5
Monsieur Barbarrouse l'ainé, 1808 box 5
Samuel Baldwin, 1814 box 5
John Barnes, 1812 box 5
Peter Bauduy, 1801-1814undated box 5
William Bell, 1811 box 5
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Monsieur Bellefonds, 1789 box 5
D. Blaney, clerk of the Delaware Supreme Court, 1807 box 5
Stephen Boddy, 1813 box 5
Erich Bollmann, 1811-1812 box 5
Jean Joseph Auguste Bottée de Toulmon, 1802 box 5
Lewis Bourdillon, 1808 box 5
Augustine Bousquet, 1813 box 5
Bradford & Inskeep, re E.I. du Pont's subscription to the Port box 5 Folio, 1813
Alexandre Brongniart, 1800 box 5
Francis Breuil, 1813 box 5
Henry L. Biscoe, 1808 box 5
Joseph Bringhurst box 5
Jacob Broom, 1802-1808 box 5
Bureaux de Pusy, 1800 box 5
Daniel Byrnes of the Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine, box 5 1814
Mr. Carau [Carreau], 1808 box 5
James Caldwell, 1811 box 5
Antoine Charles Cazenove, 1813 box 5
Nathaniel H. Clifford [alias William H. Clifford], 1814 box 5
Isaac A. Coles forwarding boxes of du Pont de Nemours [ box 5 Oeuvres de Turgot], 1809
John R. Coates box 5
Bertram Peter Cruger, 1808-1812 box 5
Charles Dalmas, 1802 box 5
F. Daumas, 1812 box 5
Rumford Dawes, 1804 box 5
Delaroche, Armand DeLessert & Cie. of Nantes forwarding box 5 books from du Pont de Nemours, 1813
Jonathan Doughtery, 1813 box 5
Joseph de Dreux, 1800-1802 box 5
William Duane, editor of the Aurora, 1810 box 5
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Monsieur Duhamel, 1805 box 5
John Ferris, treasurer of the Wilmington & Kennett Turnpike box 5 Co., 1814
J. G. Forbes [?], 1807 box 5
Michael Floy, 1814 box 5
Vital Marie Garesché, 1811 box 5
Edward Gilpin, 1810 box 5
Maximilian Godefroy, 1806 box 5
Joseph Grubb, 1814 box 5
Jean Guillaume, Baron Hyde de Neuville, 1813 box 5
William Hamon, 1802-1805 box 5
George F. A. Hauto, 1813 box 5
Samuel and Rachel Hayes re the lease of a house to E. I. du box 5 Pont, 1810-1813
H. Heppards, 1814 box 5
Outerbridge Horsey, 1807-1826 box 5
Monsieur Houdar de Lamotte pére, 1803-1805 box 5
Callender Irvine, 1814 box 5
Thomas Jackson, 1814 box 5
Peter Jaquett, 1814 box 5
Thomas Jefferson, 1806 box 5
Mathias Kin, 1804-1805 box 5
James King, Jr., 1813 box 5
Thomas Law, 1812 box 5
Robert R. Livingston, 1810 box 5
Jean Baptiste Louis Lelieur de Ville-sur-Arce, 1804 box 5
Mr. de Leschevin, Commissaire-en-chef des poudres et salpêtres box 5 for the Dijon district, 1808
Bernard McMahon, 18091812 box 5
Mordecai McKenney, 1812 box 5
James Madison, 1809 box 5
Paul H. Mallet-Prevost, 1813 box 5
Richard Mansfield, 1813 box 5
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Mr. Martellé, French and dancing tutor, 1812 box 5
Benjamin Mason, 1804 box 5
John Mason, 1808-1810 box 5
James Mease, 180818101812 box 5
William Milliken, 1813 box 5
J. F. Nicolas Morel, 1802 box 5
Benjamin R. Morgan, 1814 box 5
Robert Patterson, 1809 box 5
Gideon Pearce, 1808 box 5
Henry J. Pepper, 1814 box 5
Richard Peters, 1810-1814 box 5
Philippe Picot, Baron de La Peyrouse, 1802 box 5
William Platt, 1811 box 5
George Pollok, 1811 box 5
Pierre Abraham Pouchet Belmare, 1809 box 5
C. H. L. Preudhomme de Borre, 1806-18071809-1811 box 5
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, 1804 box 5
Peter Regnier, 1805-1807 box 5
Maria Rivardi, 1805 box 5
Monsieur Robin, 1801-1802 box 5
Richard Robinett, 1814 box 5
James Rogers, 1812 box 5
James Ronaldson, 1812 box 5
François Sauvo, 1809 box 5
Thomas Swann, 1812 box 5
William Thornton, 1804-1812 box 5
Charles Tierlin, 1807 box 5
James Todd, 1813 box 5
John Torbert, 1813 box 5
Louis Tousard, 1802 box 5
John Vaughan, 1811-1812 box 5
Monsieur Vilmorin-Andrieux (with list of seeds), 1801 box 5
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John Warner, 18111814 box 5
John Weir, 18111814 box 5
William Young, 1811-1814 box 5
François André Michaux to Paul Saulnier, 1801 box 5
Thomas Jefferson to the Secretary of War [Henry Dearborn], box 5 1803
Jean Rene Denis Alexandre Riffault des Hêtres and other French box 5 powder officials to the French Minister of War [Berthier], 1806
Alexis Gabrial to [?], 1807 box 5 General Physical Description note: copy
Raphael Du Planty to Le Peintre Frères to Philippe Nicolas box 5 Harmand, 1807 General Physical Description note: copy
Alexandre D'Autremont of Angelica, N.Y. to his brother Louis, box 5 1808
Preudhomme de Borre to his sister Mme de Maulde, 1809 box 5
James Caldwell to William Young, 1811 box 5
Joshua B. Bond to William Thornton re a Whynot horse, 1812 box 5
Mme Victoire (de Boislandry) George to Perregaux, Laffitte & box 5 Cie. and to Francis Breuil, 1813
John B. Sartori to Raphael Du Planty, 1814 box 5
Richard Barnard, 1815 box 6
James R. Black, 1833 box 6
Isaac Briggs, undated box 6
Charles N. Buck, 1825 box 6
Philip Church, 1821-1822 box 6
Garrett Cottringer, 1815 box 6
John Cuthbert, 1825 box 6
Josiah Evans & Co., 1826 box 6
William Henry Fitzhugh, 1821 box 6
Emmanuel, Maréchal Comte de Grouchy, 1817 box 6
Daniel Lammot, 1825 box 6
Richard Robinett, 1821 box 6 General Physical Description note: 2
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box 6
John Vaughan, 1825 box 6
Trustees of the A.E. Church, Pottsville, PA, 1817 box 6
A. Blénon, 1833 box 6
Briscoe & Partridge, 1815 box 6
William P. Brobson, 1826-1827 box 6
H. Bry, 1832 box 6
Mathew Carey, 1829 box 6
Charles D. Cazeau of Montreal re his claim against the U.S. box 6 government, 1821-1822
Antoine Charles Cazenove, 1824-18251827-18291831 box 6
Charles J. Cazenove, 1828 box 6
Henry Clay, 18241827-18291833 box 6
P.F. Blondin Constant of Mt. Airy College, 1826 box 6
Thomas Cooper, President of South Carolina College, 18201823 box 6
P.P.F. Degrand, 18231825-1826 box 6
Joseph Alexandre Jacques, Baron Durant de Mareuil, 1827 box 6
Maurice de Fürstenwaerthy, 1815 box 6
William Gibbons, 1815 box 6
Anthony Girard, 1806-1828 box 6
James Givin, 1816 box 6
F. Guillet l'ainé, 1835 box 6
Phillip Hartmann, 1815 box 6
Isaac and Samuel Harvey, 1827 box 6
Félix d'Hervilly of the Journal Inutile, 1825 box 6
William Hoskin, 1815 box 6
George Hodgson & Brothers, 1815 box 6
Thomas T. Hudson, 1829 box 6
Charles J. Ingersoll, 1831 box 6
Callendar Irvine, 181518221827 box 6
Peter Jaquett, 1815 box 6
Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de La box 6 Fayette, 1824-1827
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George Washington de La Fayette, 1824 box 6
William Kemble, 1830 box 6
Daniel Lammot, 1825 box 6
Thomas Law, 18151820 box 6
LeRoy, Bayard & Co., 1820 box 6
Edward Livingston, 1827 box 6
Archibald McCall, 1815 box 6
Thomas L. McKenney, 182218241830 box 6
John Mason, 1827 box 6
Samuel Moore, 1822 box 6
John L. Morris, 1819 box 6
Hezekiah Niles, 1827 box 6
Rembrandt Peale, 1831 box 6
Henry J. Pepper, 182218271829 box 6
James Phelps, 1815 box 6
David Porter re figures in the Chilean revolution, 1817 box 6
William Tell Poussin, 1817182418281831 box 6
C.H.L. Preudhomme de Borre, undated box 6
Senator Caesar A. Rodney, 1821-1823 box 6
James Rogers, 1824 box 6
E.R. Shubrick, 1824 box 6
Irvine Shubrick, 1832 box 6
Francis Gurney Smith, Sr., 18271833 box 6
Richard Somers Smith, 1828 box 6
Capt. Andrew Talcott, Engineer Service, Fort Monroe, re box 6 summer military assignment for Henry du Pont, 1834
John Warner re the Brandywine Mill Seat Co. property, 1815 box 6
John Way, President of the Bank of Wilmington and box 6 Brandywine, 1815
John Witsil, 1822 box 6
William Wright of the U.S. Arsenal, 1815 box 6
William Young, 181518201827 box 6
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W.W. Young re E.I. du Pont's account with the Wilmington box 6 Steamboat Co., 1824
Unidentified correspondents box 6
James Phelps to Henry Morris, letter of introduction for Raphael box 6 Du Planty, 1815
C.A. Rodney to William Warner, 1821 box 6
J.A. Cuthbert, Jr. to John Vaughan, 1825 box 6 General Physical Description note: copy
P.P.F. Degrand to Nicholas Biddle, 1826 box 6
F.G. Smith, Sr. to Nicholas Biddle, 1827 box 6
Haven & Smith to E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., 1828 box 6
Louis McLane, Secretary to the Treasury, to Andrew Gray, 1832 box 6
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Special papers, 1785-1838 Scope and Content
This series includes personal accounts; student copy books and notes on the subjects of botany, physics, chemistry, natural history, Latin, and horticulture; botanical notes, including an essay on the culture of American corn; memoranda on the manufacture of gunpowder and the construction of the Brandywine mills; memoranda on American manufactures and the tariff; and notes on travels to Pittsburgh (1806) and Angelica, New York (1808).
Also included are papers concerning the South Brandywine Rangers (a militia unit during the War of 1812); legal agreements concerning the acquisition of property for the Delaware powder mills and the importation of Merino sheep; du Pont's shares in the Wilmington & Philadelphia Turnpike Co.; rules and regulations of the Philadelphia & Wilmington Steam Boat Co. (1829); patents and lists of lands owned by du Pont near Pittsburgh and in Virginia; estate papers of Dr. Pierre Didier; and a letter from Louis McLane regarding information from Delaware for his census of manufactures.
Controlled Access Headings: • United States -- History -- War of 1812 • Writing • Receipts (Financial records) • Agreements • Land surveys
Accounts Title/Description Instances "Reçu de Papa - depensé pour lui", 1801 box 7
"Dépenses Relatives aux M[archan]d[ise]s", 1801 box 7
"Objets Reçus par le William et Mary v[enan]t du Havre. Notes box 7 pour faire les comptes particuliers" of Pichon, Pouchet Belmare, - Page 16- Eleuthère Irénée du Pont papers LMSS.III
Breüil, Bureaux de Pusy, du Pont de Nemours, E.I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, et al., 1801
"Compte particulier d'Irénée", 1801 box 7
"Comptes personels - voyage en france", 1801 box 7
Household accounts, 1801-1802 box 7
Bill of lading for barrels, furniture, clothes, etc., shipped on the box 7 schooner Betzy from New York to Wilmington, 1802 General Physical Description note: framed
Delaware and Chesapeake Canal, 1805 box 7
E.I. du Pont in account with Raphael Du Planty, 18061808-1809 box 7
"Purchase of Merino Sheep" in Philadelphia and Baltimore, box 7 1810
Bills - education of Victorine du Pont from Mrs. R. Capron, box 7 1803
Bills - education of Victorine du Pont from John B. Niles, 1804 box 7
Bills - education of Victorine du Pont from Mme Marie Rivardi, box 7 1905-18061808
Bills - education of Victorine du Pont from William French, box 7 1809
Bills - education of Victorine du Pont from Nicholas McHenry, box 7 1804
Bills - subscriptions to [Relf's]Philadelphia Gazette, 18051807 box 7
Bills - subscription to Port Folio, 1809-1810 box 7
Bills submitted - Bradun and Rice salt, candles, beef, pork, box 7 1802-18031806
Bills submitted - Franois Breuil for E.I. du Pont's passage from box 7 New York to France on the Benjamin Franklin, 1800 December
Bills submitted - Joseph Bringhurst postage, 18031805 box 7
Bills submitted - Peter Brynberg printing fifty copies of a box 7 petition to the legislature, 1810
Bills submitted - Edward Gilpin, Treasurer of the Wilmington box 7 Bridge, 1808-18091811
Bills submitted - David Kirkpatrick, 1803-1804 box 7
Bills submitted - Robert Galbreath and Thomas Robinson for box 7 county, road and poor taxes, 1806-1808
Bills submitted - Valentine McNeal, boots and shoes, 1808-1810 box 7
Bills submitted - H. Naff, auctioneer cow and two colts, 1810 box 7
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Bills submitted - John Patterson, linen and velvet, box 7 18061809-1810
Bills submitted - Aaron and Peter Paulson, dry goods, box 7 18061808-1810
Bills submitted - George and William Simmons and Clark and box 7 Simmons, lumber, 18081810-1811
Bills submitted - John White and Co., crockery, box 7 180418061808-18091811
Bills submitted - William Young for the Manufacturers' box 7 Association, 1811
Bills submitted - provisions for both the E.I. du Pont household box 7 and farm, board and whiskey for the farm hands, farness and carriage repairs, livestock and stud fees, blacksmiths and carpenters, grass and clover seed, paper, etc.
Checks drawn by E. I. du Pont on the Bank of Wilmington and box 7 Brandywine and on the Bank of Delaware, 1808-18091811
Promissory notes and sight drafts box 7
Expenses for E.I. du Pont's trip from Wilmington to Dover in box 8 connection with the October election, 1813
"Note D'Avances faites par E. I. du Pont pour Compte de Mess. box 8 du Pont de Nemours, Pere Fils and Cie diverses Epoques" , 1801-1814
Account with the State Bank at Camden, 1814 box 8
Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine in account with E.I. du box 8 Pont, with bank book, 1810-1815
Peter Jaquett's statement of expenses on farm leases by him to box 8 E.I. du Pont with receipt for farm rent, 1815
Account with E.I. du Pont for ship Vesta, 1816 box 8
Bank book, " E.I. du Pont with Farmers' B[ank] Wilmington" , box 8 1813-1818
William Young's account with E.I. du Pont, 1818 box 8
Pamphlet, "E.I. du Pont in a/c with A. Fountain & Co. box 8 1821-1822"
Pamphlet, "E.I. du Pont in a/c with Esaac Pierson" , 1821-1822 box 8
Bills/receipts - subscription to Agricultural Museum, 1812 box 8
Bills/receipts - subscription to Archives of Useful Knowledge, box 8 1813
Bills/receipts - subscription to Aurora for the Country, 1822 box 8
Bills/receipts - subscription to Emporium, 18141816 box 8
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Bills/receipts - subscription to Le Mediateur , 1814 box 8
Bills/receipts - subscription to Niles' Weekly Register, box 8 1820-1822
Bills/receipts - subscription to Patron of Industry, 1820 box 8
Bills/receipts - subscription to Port Folio, 1819 box 8
Bills/receipts - subscription to Relf's Philadelphia Gazette, 1812 box 8
Bills/receipts - subscription to Republican, 1822 box 8
Bills/receipts - John W. Chapman [of Dickinson College?], box 8 tuition for Alfred V. du Pont, 1815
Bills/receipts - Jared Chestnut, 1819 box 8
Bills/receipts - repairs to chairs box 8
Bills/receipts - Clark and Leonard, lumber, 1812-1813 box 8
Bills/receipts - David Kirkpatrick taxes on four dogs, 1814 box 8
Bills/receipts - Cyrus Lamborn, groceries and liquors, box 8 1819-18201822
Bills/receipts - Valentine McNeal, boots and shoes;, box 8 1813-18141816
Bills/receipts - William Martin for farm hands' wages, 18151817 box 8
Bills/receipts - Jacob Pierson for butter, eggs, meat, 1821-1822 box 8
Bills/receipts - Marinus W. Pike, two gilt frames, 1820 box 8
Bills/receipts - John Pogue, receipt for $270 from Mr. Lopes box 8 Dias through E. I. du Pont, prisoners in France, 1820
Bills/receipts - P. W. Rothwell, Spanish sheep dog, 1812 box 8
Bills/receipts - George and William Simmons, lumber, box 8 1812-1813
Bills/receipts - Thomas A. Starrett, Spanish cigars, box 8 18181821-1822
Bills/receipts - Anthony Vitry, epaulettes and a sword knot, box 8 1813
Bills/receipts - John White and Co., glassware, 1813-1815 box 8
Bills/receipts - G. Whitelock, cherry bedstead, 1813 box 8
Bills/receipts - William Young, Son and Co. receipt for wool box 8 from E. I. du Pont, 1817
Bills/receipts - Many more including those for plastering and box 8 carpentry, clock and gun repairs, carriage and horse hire, hatters, tailors, shoemakers, farm equipment, mowing, hay and oats, stud fees, provisions, etc.
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Checks drawn by E. I. du Pont on the Farmers' Bank and the box 8 Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine State Bank at Camden, check from E. I. du Pont to Rembrant Peale for $251 [in payment for portraits of Evelina and Victorine du Pont and three gilt frames]., 1815-1817
Promissory notes of E. I. du Pont including 45 payable to box 8 Victor du Pont and two to Victor and Charles du Pont and Co., 1815-18171818
Sight drafts box 8
"E.I. Dupont with A. Fountain and Co., from January 1, 1823" ; box 9
Statement, Henry J. Pepper, 1824 box 9
Statement, Henry Grimes "E. I. du Pont in a/c with A. Fountain box 9 and Co." , 18241825
"1825 Store Book" box 9
Memo on Delaware and Chesapeake Canal bills due, 1827 box 9
"Terms agreed with A. Fountain for the rent of the mill and box 9 house from 1st of april 1832...to 1st august 1836"
"Coompte des depenses des moutons achetes de Livingston aux box 9 quelles il y aura ajouter celles de fret du batiment paye pour Girard.." . [in Bauduy's hand]
"Depense d'agriculture" , memo on wool and fleece box 9
Bills/receipts - subscription to American Farmer, 1831 box 9
Bills/receipts - subscription to Courrier des Etats-unis, 1830 box 9
Bills/receipts - subscription to Delaware Advertiser, 1831 box 9
Bills/receipts - subscription to Delaware Register, or Farmer's manufactureres', and mechanics' advocate, 1829
Bills/receipts - subscription to Franklin Journal and American box 9 Mechanics' Magazine, 18261828
Bills/receipts - subscription to Journal inutile, 1825 box 9
Bills/receipts - subscription to New York American Advocate, box 9 1831
Bills/receipts - subscription to The New York Statesman, 1823 box 9
Bills/receipts - subscription to Niles' Weekly Register, 18231825 box 9
Bills/receipts - subscription to Patriot & Watchman, 1829 box 9
Bills/receipts - subscription to The Pennsylvania Whig, 1831 box 9
Bills/receipts - subscription to Philosophical Magazine, 1834 box 9
Bills/receipts - subscription to Political Economist, 1824 box 9
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box 9
Bills/receipts - subscription to The Sporting Magazine, 1824 box 9
Bills/receipts - subscription to United States Gazette, 1831 box 9
Submitted bills - H.C. Carey and I. Lea books, 1825-1826 box 9
Submitted bills - Robert Carr of Bartram's Garden, bushes, 1825 box 9
Submitted bills - Jared Chestnut, chairs, 1823 box 9
Submitted bills - J.W. Claghorn, Saxony sheep bought at box 9 auction, 1826
Submitted bills - William H. Clark furniture bought by Cadets box 9 [Henry] du Pont and R.S. Smith
Submitted bills - Blondin Constant tuition for Henry du Pont at box 9 Mt. Airy College, 18231825
Submitted bills - Charles J. Cox camel's hair brushes for Miss box 9 DuPont
Submitted bills - Benjamin Devou shoes, 1823-1824 box 9
Submitted bills - Jonas P. Fairlamb, surveying, 1825 box 9
Submitted bills - Franklin Institute, annual dues, 1829 box 9
Submitted bills - Harriet Grimshaw, tuition for Sophie du Pont, box 9 1825
Submitted bills - J. H. Laycock, chairs, 1824 box 9
Submitted bills - Library Company, dues, 1823 box 9
Submitted bills - George C. MCCall, receipt to E.I. du Pont for a box 9 deed from Archibald McCall for land in Butler, Armstrong, and Clearfield Cos. [Pa.], 1826
Submitted bills - P. Perdriaux, French china tea set, 1824 box 9
Submitted bills - Stephen E. Rice private tuition for Alexis I. du box 9 Pont and James I. Bidermann, 1831
Submitted bills - C. F. [Sheffeld?] piano for Eleuthera du Pont, box 9 1823
Submitted bills - George Simmons, meat, 18231826 box 9
Submitted bills - Dr. John Trenor, New York dentist, 1830 box 9
Submitted bills - G. D. Vanzyle, books box 9
Submitted bills - John White & Co., mirrors, 18231825undated box 9
Submitted bills - Basil Williamson of the Mansion Hotel, box 9 Washington, DC, 1827
Submitted bills - Other bills and receipts for provisions, whiskey box 9 and wine, glassware and silver, carpeting, soap, lamp oil, cloth
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Promissory notes and sight drafts, including E. I. du Pont's note box 9 to Charles I. du Pont and Co. for $2350, 1834
Estate of E.I. du Pont bills for items purchased in 1833 and box 9 1834, paid by Alfred V. du Pont and F. G. Smith in 1835 - Frederick Brown for medicines, 1834 October
Estate of E.I. du Pont bills for items purchased in 1833 and box 9 1834, paid by Alfred V. du Pont and F. G. Smith in 1835 - From the undertaker Robert R. Bringhurst, 1834 November
Estate of E.I. du Pont bills for items purchased in 1833 and box 9 1834, paid by Alfred V. du Pont and F. G. Smith in 1835 - from Dr. John Moore and Dr. William Gibson for medical attendance, 1834 December1835 January
Estate of E.I. du Pont bills for items purchased in 1833 and box 9 1834, paid by Alfred V. du Pont and F. G. Smith in 1835 - from C. Carle for binding the American Farmer and Niles' Weekly Register;, 1835 March
Estate of E.I. du Pont bills for items purchased in 1833 and box 9 1834, paid by Alfred V. du Pont and F. G. Smith in 1835 - "Inventory of the goods, chattles, andc late of E. I. du Pont de Nemours of Christiana Hundred" , listing livestock, furniture, stock shares, silver, library of 4000 volumes, 1835 January
Estate of E.I. du Pont bills for items purchased in 1833 and box 9 1834, paid by Alfred V. du Pont and F. G. Smith in 1835 - Joseph H. Hillings, receipt "for service of Eclipse Lightfoot to gray mare property of E.I. du Pont's heirs" , 1835 February
Estate of E.I. du Pont bills for items purchased in 1833 and box 9 1834, paid by Alfred V. du Pont and F. G. Smith in 1835 - " F.G. Smith's bill against Estate of E. I. D. P." , 1835 April
Estate of E.I. du Pont bills for items purchased in 1833 and box 9 1834, paid by Alfred V. du Pont and F. G. Smith in 1835 - William Martin, receipt for $50 from Alfred V. du Pont for claims against E. I. du Pont's estate, 1835 November
Estate of E.I. du Pont bills for items purchased in 1833 and box 9 1834, paid by Alfred V. du Pont and F. G. Smith in 1835 - "Expenditures of A. du Pont for Acc't of E. I. du Pont's Estate to 1st Oct 1836"
Estate of E.I. du Pont bills for items purchased in 1833 and box 9 1834, paid by Alfred V. du Pont and F. G. Smith in 1835 - "Account of Estate" , 1834 November-circa 1836-1837
Estate of E.I. du Pont bills for items purchased in 1833 and box 9 1834, paid by Alfred V. du Pont and F. G. Smith in 1835 - Evan H. Thomas, Register of New Castle Co., certifying that Alfred V. and Charles I. du Pont are administrators of E. I. du Pont's estate, 1837 May
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Estate of E.I. du Pont bills for items purchased in 1833 and box 9 1834, paid by Alfred V. du Pont and F. G. Smith in 1835 - "Messrs Waters and Laird in account with the Estate of E. I. du Pont" for rent of the cotton mills, 1832-1838
Copybooks and school notes, 1785-1799undated Scope and Content
Lessons taken by E. I. du Pont while studying at Bois-Des-fosses, and notes made by him on courses at the College Royal, Régie des Poudres and the Jardin des Plantes, Paris covering the subjects of botany, physics, chemistry, natural history, Latin, and horticulture.
Title/Description Instances "Noms des arbres, arbustres, and plantes du jardin du Roi l'Isle box 10 de France, 21 juin 1785"
"Mineralogie de l'Islands" , 1785 box 10
"Physique" , 1787 box 10
"Cours distoire naturelle de M. Daubenton au College Royal" , box 10 "Cours de Physique du College Royal par M. Le Febre" , 1788-1789
Memorandum which mentions Benjamin Franklin's discovery of box 10 electricity, circa 1789
"Cours du Citoyen Desfontaines au Jardin des Plantes à Paris" , box 10 1799
"Philosophie chimique" [incomplete] box 10
"Mineralogie du Japon" box 10
"Fragmens d'historie naturelle tires des elemens de mineralogie box 10 de M. Sage"
"Talbe entomologique des genres et des espèces, avec les corps box 10 dont ils se nourissent et sur lesquels on les trouvent"
"Observations sur les six espèces de sels qui se trouvent daus box 10 les platras et sur l'union constants de chaque base alkaline à un acide particulier"
"Pêche de la Baleine" box 10
"L'Ellebore Noir" box 10
"Miroir ardent de M. De Buffon" box 10
"Recepte pour Embaumer les oiseaux" box 10
"Sels" box 10
"Méthode Entomologique de M. Géoffrio" box 10
"Méthode employée pour fabriquer le plâtre artificiel" box 10
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Two specimens of dried plants, 17851788-1790 box 10
Daily lessons in botany, physics, and chemistry, 17851788-1790 box 10
Notes on natural history, horticulture, Latin, chemistry box 10
Writings and notes Scope and Content
Consists of E.I. du Pont's writings and notes, with a focus on botany and powder manufacture.
Title/Description Instances "Methode employee pour la culture du mays dans l'amerique box 11 Septentrionale"
Botanical - Description and history of Michaux's French gardens box 11 in the United States
Botanical - On "raisin de mer" box 11
Botanical - "Notte de diverses graines que M. Amelot desirerait box 11 tirer d'Amerique"
Botanical - "Graines envoyees [to Lelieur] en france en 1808" , box 11 1808
Botanical - "Liste d'arbres demander en france" box 11
Botanical - Catalogue - "Seeds of American Trees Shrubs and box 11 c." , seeds for Homberg and freres of Le Havre and for other Frenchmen
Botanical - lists of seeds and trees for Madame Bonaparte, La box 11 Peyrouse, Morel, Riffault, Robin, Dreux, Michely, Thouin, Amelot, Lelieur, and Homberg & Frères (of Le Havre), in France
Powder Manufacture - "Memoire sur le Salpêtre" [incomplete] box 11
Powder Manufacture - "manière de preparer le charabon pour la box 11 confection de la Poudre"
Powder Manufacture - "Notes relataives à la fabrique de box 11 Poudre"
"De l'emplacement et des constructions necessaires pour box 11 l'etablissement d'une fabriqie de Poudre" , circa 1801 General Physical Description note: 5 pages, with a fair copy, 6 pages
Powder Manufacture - "Apperçu des dépenses et des Produits box 11 d'une Fabrique de Poudre à feu dams les Etats-unis" General Physical Description note: 3 pages with a later copy of 4 pages
Powder Manufacture - "Project d'etablissement d'une fabrique box 11 de Poudre de guerre et de chasse dans les Etatus-unis" - Page 24- Eleuthère Irénée du Pont papers LMSS.III
Powder Manufacture - "Evaluation approximatiave de ce qui box 11 peuvent couter l'acquisition d'un terrein et la construction des Batimens propres à une manufacture de poudre à tirer"
Powder Manufacture - note on Lavoisier's method of refining box 11 saltpetre
Powder Manufacture - Citizen Chumpi's method for making box 11 poudre ronde
Powder Manufacture - French government proof of powder box 11
Powder Manufacture - "Estimation des dépenses nécessaires box 11 pour l'établissement de la manufacture de poudre", in two undated versions
Powder Manufacture - brief notes on powder formulae and box 11 grainage
Tariffs, American - 1828, 1831 - "Tariff proposed by the box 11 Harrisburgh convention"
Tariffs, American - 1828, 1831 - "Comparison between the Bill box 11 before congress as reported by the committee on manufacturers and the present tariff in relation to coarse woollen"
Tariffs, American - 1828, 1831 - resolution of the acting box 11 committees of the New Jersey Society for the Promotion of Manufacturers and the Mechanic Arts at Paterson, N. J., 1828 February 9
Tariffs, American - 1828, 1831 - resolution on cotton and the box 11 Southern states, circa 1824
Tariffs, American - 1828, 1831 - du Pont's answer to an article box 11 ("The manufacturers" published in the Delaware gazette discussing the attitude taken by manufacturers on the tariff issue in a recent election, 1827
Description of three kinds of glue in Europe box 11
"Méthode employée pour fabriquer le Platre artificial" box 11
Traveling notes and accounts on E.I. du Pont's trip from box 11 Genesee, 1808
Travel notes and accounts concerning visits to Pittsburgh and to box 11 Angelica, N.Y., 18061808
Special file Title/Description Instances Book lists - DuPont's note on arrangements of his press with box 12 the Duc de La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt for publication of the latter's Voyage dans les Etats-Unis d'Amérique fait en 1795, 1796 et 1797 (published at Paris in Mch 1799)
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Book lists - summary titled "Etat des volumes de texte et des box 12 planches de l'Encyclopedie méthodique, par ordre de matières, qui se trouvent à la Bibliothèque de Good-Stay"
Book lists - " Note de Livres envoyes la Societe Philosophique box 12 de Philadelphie" General Physical Description note: Two copies; 1 page and 2 pages
Book lists - "Catalogue of articles relative to gunpowder box 12 and gunnery taken from the abridged addition [sic] of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London by Hutton, Shaw, and Pearson, from 1665 to 1800" , a copy in the hand of Alfred V. du Pont of the list compiled by E. I. du Pont in 1800
Book lists - others untitled box 12
South Brandywine Rangers (Delaware Militia), of which du box 12 Pont was a captain, 1814-1818 - "Papers relative to equiping & payment of volunteers" - statement exhibiting the full pay to which each man composing the companies of E.I. du Pont & R[ober]t McCall would have been entitled to, in cas[e the] Government had paid for both these companies...," with list of 143 men, 1814-1816
South Brandywine Rangers (Delaware Militia), of which du box 12 Pont was a captain, 1814-1818 - "Address delivered to the two companies of Brandywine rangers by their captains Victor and E. I. du Pont", 1814
South Brandywine Rangers (Delaware Militia), of which du box 12 Pont was a captain, 1814-1818 - Tally of votes for election of officers, 1814
South Brandywine Rangers (Delaware Militia), of which du box 12 Pont was a captain, 1814-1818 - List of volunteers for re- organized South Brandywine Rangers, 1814
South Brandywine Rangers (Delaware Militia), of which du box 12 Pont was a captain, 1814-1818 - Notice by Charles I. du Pont, secretary of the committee for revision of rules for the three companies of Brandywine Rangers, captained by E. I. du Pont, Victor du Pont, and Robert McCall, 1814
South Brandywine Rangers (Delaware Militia), of which du box 12 Pont was a captain, 1814-1818 - List of subscribers to the cost of caps and uniform buttons
South Brandywine Rangers (Delaware Militia), of which du box 12 Pont was a captain, 1814-1818 - Pay rolls, receipts for uniforms and muskets, absentees from parade, etc.
South Brandywine Rangers (Delaware Militia), of which du box 12 Pont was a captain, 1814-1818 - Other related items regarding equipment, musters, payments, duty, and orders, pertinent correspondence, addresses, and financial records
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Legal documents and agreements, 1802-1834 - agreement box 12 between William Hamon and Jacob Broom concerning property later acquired by E. I. du Pont for the site of his powder mills, 1802
Legal documents and agreements, 1802-1834 - power of box 12 attorney of E. I. du Pont to du Pont de Nemours concerning Bois-des-Fossés, certified copy, 1808
Legal documents and agreements, 1802-1834 - E. I. du Pont's box 12 proxy for Victor du Pont concerning Bois-des-Fossés, 1809
Legal documents and agreements, 1802-1834 - agreement box 12 between Peter Bauduy and E. I. du Pont, concerning Ferdinand Bauduy, 1809
Legal documents and agreements, 1802-1834 - articles of box 12 agreement between Caleb Kirk and Job Harvey for Kirk's purchase of the Rockford (or Millford) property on the Brandywine, New Castle Co., Del., 1813
Legal documents and agreements, 1802-1834 - Nine shares in box 12 the Wilmington & Philadelphia Turnpike Co., issued to E.I. du Pont, 1814
Legal documents and agreements, 1802-1834 - "Draft of the box 12 constitution of the Society for encouraging & protecting the useful arts, trades, & manufacturers in N[ew] C[astle] Co. [Del.] & its vicinity..." , 1815
Legal documents and agreements, 1802-1834 - William Young box 12 of Rockland Farm, "terms agreeably to which country sheep will be farmed out with full blooded rams and thus increase" , circa 1812-1813
Legal documents and agreements, 1802-1834 - memorandum of box 12 rules and regulations of the Philadelphia & Wilmington Steam Boat Co., issued by du Pont and other shareholders, 1829
Legal documents and agreements, 1802-1834 -E. I. du Pont, list box 12 of deeds to or from Louis McLane, G. B. Milligan, 1812-1813
Legal documents and agreements, 1802-1834 - Agreement box 12 between Thomas Baker and E. I. du Pont for sale of du Pont's wool, 1814
Legal documents and agreements, 1802-1834 - E.I. du Pont's box 12 bond for $2,124 to Rumford Dawes William Young, 1812
Legal documents and agreements, 1802-1834 - Copy of box 12 assignment on mortgage, signed John Torbert, to Isaac Harvey, Jr., witness by E. I. du Pont, 1829
Legal documents and agreements, 1802-1834 - E.I. du Pont's box 12 bond for $30,000 to Grant & Stone, 1834
Land papers, 1785-1818 - Patents for "Betsey's Retreat" , box 12 "Isle de Rhe" , and "Kensington" in Westmoreland Co. [now Allegheny Co., Pa.] to Peter Audrain, all signed by Benjamin
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Franklin, President of the Supreme Executive Council of the State of Pa., and by Charles Biddle, Secretary, 1787
Land papers, 1785-1818 - Deeds and indentures nos. 119, 120, box 12 122 from Peter Audrain to Cropley Rose for "Betsey's Retreat" , "Isle de Rhe" , and "Kensington" , 1792
Land papers, 1785-1818 - Pennsylvania survey nos. 115, 116, box 12 120 for Peter Audrain on Ohio River land, 1785
Land papers, 1785-1818 - release of John Richard and wife of box 12 Philadelphia to Nicholas Darcel of Paris, of three tracts of land in Allegheny Co., Pa., (being the same ones patented by Peter Audrain in 1787), 1800
Land papers, 1785-1818 - letter of David McKeehan to Anthony box 12 Gerarde [Girard?] of New York, with map, describing the lands of Nicholas Darcel at Pittsburgh, 1807
Land papers, 1785-1818 - List of E.I. du Pont's lands in Butler box 12 and Armstrong Cos. [Pa.] and in Pennsylvania and Virginia, circa 1818
Miscellaneous papers, 1785-1831 and undated - verses to his box 12 mother on her birthday, 17831785
Miscellaneous papers, 1785-1831 and undated - Extract box 12 from Dr. Pierre Didier's marriage contract from the minutes of the "Chancellerie du Consulat de la Republique franaise Philadelphie"
Miscellaneous papers, 1785-1831 and undated - Copy of Dr. box 12 Pierre Didier's 1827 will, naming E.I. du Pont executor and heir to the balance of Didier's estate after debts and claims are settled
Miscellaneous papers, 1785-1831 and undated - Dr. Pierre box 12 Didier, various receipts
Miscellaneous papers, 1785-1831 and undated - Election of box 12 1813 - invitation for the manufacturers on the south side of the Brandywine to march together from Eleutherian Mills to the polls at Buck Tavern
Miscellaneous papers, 1785-1831 and undated - Election of box 12 1813 - censure of E.I. du Pont's leading his company of militia to the polls in a military fashion, and question as to whether aliens can vote
Miscellaneous papers, 1785-1831 and undated - Election of box 12 1813 - Two statements concerning Victor and E. I. du Pont
Protest of E. I. du Pont's promissory note to Victor du Pont, box 12 1816
Personal cards - marked "E.I. du Pont" and Irénée du Pont box 12
Letters and writings of others, 1801-32 and undated, most of box 12 which concern E. I. du Pont - extract of a letter of François Andre Michaux to Paul Saulnier, concerning the French gardens in the United States, 1801
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Letters and writings of others, 1801-32 and undated, most of box 12 which concern E. I. du Pont - letter of Thomas Jefferson to the Secretary of War (Henry Dearborn), published in Chinard, Correspondence, 78 (from Jefferson's retained copy), without its enclosure (letter of E. I. du Pont to Jefferson, 20 July 1803)
Letters and writings of others, 1801-32 and undated, most box 12 of which concern E. I. du Pont - letter of the Adminstrateurs Généraux des Poudres et Salpêtres to the Ministre de la Guerre(Paris),transmitting an agency report, 1806
Letters and writings of others, 1801-32 and undated, most of box 12 which concern E. I. du Pont - letter of John Mason to Peter Bauduy, concerning Merino sheep and the quality of wool, 1810
Letters and writings of others, 1801-32 and undated, most of box 12 which concern E. I. du Pont - letters of Joshua Bond to William Thornton, and Thornton to Peter Bauduy, concerning the breeding of horses, 1812
Letters and writings of others, 1801-32 and undated, most of box 12 which concern E. I. du Pont - letter of Caesar A. Rodney to William Warner, about printing of handbills, 1821
Letters and writings of others, 1801-32 and undated, most box 12 of which concern E. I. du Pont - letter of Louis McLane, Secretary of the Treasury, to Andrew Gray, (copy), discussing an economic survey of Delaware manufacturers which was published as on official government document, 1832
Letters and writings of others, 1801-32 and undated, most of box 12 which concern E. I. du Pont - "Some Instructions respecting Madder Root as cultivated in asia minor"
Letters and writings of others, 1801-32 and undated, most of box 12 which concern E. I. du Pont - "Remede contre la pourriture des brebis" and p "[our] le devoiement" , in Du Planty's hand (regards treatment of sheep diseases)
Letters and writings of others, 1801-32 and undated, most of box 12 which concern E. I. du Pont - Extract from English law, that any British "artificer" who works abroad without returning to Great Britain within six months of an official warning, shall be considered an alien and must forfeit his rights in Britain.
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Sophie Dalmas du Pont papers, 1792-1827 Scope and Content
The letters of Sophie Dalmas du Pont are primarily written to her husband and contain many details of their life in France prior to 1799. There are also three ledgers of household accounts.
Controlled Access Headings:
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• Correspondence. • Receipts (Financial records) • Du Pont, Josephine de la Fite de Pelleport, 1770-1837 • Dalmas, Joseph Charles, 1776-1859
Outgoing correspondence Title/Description Instances Outgoing correspondence, 1792-1798 box 13
Charles Dalmas (brother), 1802 box 14 Scope and Content
describes in detail the progress on the construction of the Brandywine house and barn, and forwarding news from Victor du Pont that du Pont de Nemours has safely arrived in France.
Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (husband), 1792-1818 box 13-14 Scope and Content
Various including correspondence to Washington, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and New York relating information in his absence on the powder company and powder orders; shipment on the sloop Richard of 5 "caisses conttenant le reste des livres de notre bonpapa [du Pont de Nemours]" ; and Evelina (du Pont) Bidermann's pregnancy.
Gabrielle Josephine (de La Fite de Pelleport) du Pont box 14
Mme Victor Marie du Pont (sister-in-law), 1808 box 14
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (father-in-law), 1802-1803 box 14 Scope and Content
on removal of the E.I. du Pont family from Goodstay to their Brandywine log house, soon after du Pont de Nemours' departure for France.
Incoming correspondence Title/Description Instances Henry J. Pepper concerning her account with him for jewelry box 14 and silver, 1818
Unknown correspondent with a "Recette de Mon Oncle Victor" box 14 for punch and a "Recette de Mr. McCall" , undated
Sophie Bernier box 14
Marie Chotard box 14
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Special papers Title/Description Instances Accounts - Household expenses, servants' wages, clothing, box 14 furniture, plantings, 1819-1827
"Compte des depense que j'ai faite p[ou]r Charles [Dalmas] et de box 14 l'argent qu'il a reu" , 1822-1825
"Mrs. E.I. du Pont's Account with A. Fountain and Co." , box 14 1825-1827
"Mrs. E.I. du Pont whith Fanny Martin " for butter, eggs, box 14 turkeys, 1822-1823
Miscellaneous bills and receipts for cloth, notions, ribbons, box 14 shoes, gloves, cravats, ticking, candles, lamp oil, carpeting, dyeing, ruffins, butter, milk, meat, flour, etc.
Power of attorney from Madame du Pont and her brother, box 14 Charles Dalmas, to Philippe Nicolas Harmand of Paris, 1809
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