Papers, 1900-1908.

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Papers, 1900-1908.

The T. Coleman du Pont presidential papers document the formation of the powder trust in the years between 1902 and 1908. The process by which the Du Pont Company acquired control of the explosives industry by absorbing most of the firms that had previously been part of the Gunpowder Trade Association is described. The papers also contain considerable information on the 1908 anti-trust suit.

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