Papers, 1789-1854.

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Papers, 1789-1854.

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The main piece in this collection of Du Pont de Nemours papers is an ALS to James Monroe, minister plenipotentiary to negotiate the Louisiana Purchase, dated 17 Floreal 11 (May 7, 1803). The letter is encased in a leather bound portfolio bearing the title of "Louisiana Purchase Letter, Du Pont de Nemours, Paris, 1803." The portfolio contains a typed English translation ahead of the letter itself. Du Pont de Nemours offers his congratulations on the Purchase, but the bulk of the letter deals with the advisability of charging lower duties on imports through the port of New Orleans than at East Coast ports to compensate for the costs of ascending the Mississippi in the pre-steamboat era.

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Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817

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Monroe, James, 1758-1831

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