Letterpress copybook, 1891-1893.

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Letterpress copybook, 1891-1893.

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This letterpress copybook of T. Coleman du Pont's outbound letters dates from his years with the Central Coal & Iron Company in Kentucky. The volume contains 997 pages, many of which have faded to illegibility. They deal primarily with transactions such as the purchase of mules or provisions for the company store and dealings with the local Du Pont gunpowder agency in Central City, Ky. A number of the letters concern du Pont's activities as assignee for the property of W. H. Dovey.

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Dovey, W. H.

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Central Coal and Iron Company.

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Greenville Coal Company.

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Du Pont, T. Coleman (Thomas Coleman), 1863-1930

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In 1902 the control of the hundred year old Du Pont Company passed into the hands of three younger du Pont cousins, T. Coleman, Pierre S., and Alfred I.T. Coleman du Pont, who became president after the 1902 incorporation, had spent the previous two decades involved in the coal, iron, and street railway industries of Kentucky and Western Pennsylvania. His major investment was in The Johnson Company of Johnstown, Pa., and Lorain, Ohio, to which he introduced modern engineering principles and mana...