Records, 1828-1867.

Tatnall, Henry L. 1829-1885.

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Jenks, Alfred, approximately 1794-

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Rockland Manufacturing Company on the Brandywine

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The Rockland Manufacturing Company on the Brandywine was incorporated on Feb. 28, 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 1848-49. Its property was eventually sold to Je...

Charles Warner & Company.

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Novelty Iron Works.

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Alan Wood & Brother.

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Du Pont, Alfred Victor, 1798-1856

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Alfred Victor du Pont was the eldest son of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. He joined the gunpowder firm of E.I. du Pont & Company in 1818 and was senior partner from 1834 to 1850. From the description of Letters to William Kemble, 1849 [photocopies]. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122516650 Alfred Victor du Pont (1798-1856), son of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont was born in Paris and came to the United States in 1800. He was educated at Mt. Ai...

Crozer, John P. (John Price), 1793-1866

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C. & J. Marshall.

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Garrett, William E. 1798?-1885.

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Trimble, Isaac Ridgeway, 1802-1888

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American army officer, Confederate brig. general. From the description of Signature on report of the 7th Brigade, 3rd Division : "Near Gordonsville, Va.", 1862 Jul. 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270573193 ...

Hollingsworth, Elijah, 1806-1866.

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Dean, Joseph, 1784-1861

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Pusey, Jonas, 1791-1851.

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Harlan, Samuel, 1808-1883.

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Betts & Seal

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The Betts family of Wilmington, Delaware, produced three generations of innovative founders and machinists. They played an important role in the founding of three of the city's major manufacturing enterprises: The Betts Machine Company, the Harlan & Hollingsworth Company and the Pusey & Jones Company. Mahlon Betts was born in Attleboro, Bucks County, Pa., on March 16, 1795. He came to Wilmington in 1812, where he married Mary R. Seal at the Wilmington Friends Mee...

Betts & Stotsenburg

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Betts, Harlan & Hollingsworth.

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Poole, J. Morton, 1812-1879

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Nineteenth-century Wilmington (Delaware) businessman J. Morton Poole was the founder of the J. Morton Poole Company, manufacturer of chilled iron rolls and calendars. Born on July 10, 1812, in Brandywine Village, which is now a part of the city of Wilmington, Poole was highly respected in the community, being selected several times to serve on City Council. In 1852 he was one of the organizers of the city's School Board, on which he served fo...

Baldwin Locomotive Works

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Matthias Baldwin (b. 1795), a former jeweler and tool manufacturer, was commissioned in 1831 by Franklin Peale to fashion a miniature locomotive engine to be displayed at his Philadelphia Museum. Soon the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad asked Baldwin to construct "Old Ironsides," his first full-size engine, in 1832. Subsequently, M.W. Baldwin, incorporated in 1831, became an establishment for the manufacture of locomotive engines at 400 North Broad Street in Philadelphia. The po...

J. Wood & Bros. (Conshohocken, Pa.)

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Jones, John, 1818-1897.

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Wood & Lukens (McKeesport, Pa.)

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Pusey, Jacob, 1792-1871.

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Charles B. Campbell & Company.

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Pusey, Joshua L., 1820-1891.

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Warner, Charles, 1816-1891.

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Geyelin, Emile C. (Emile Camile), 1828?-1900

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Betts, Pusey & Harlan.

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Lobdell, George G., 1818-1894.

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Ferris & Garrett.

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Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company.

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Nathan Trotter & Company.

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Jessup, Augustus E.

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Harlan, John P. 1809-1860.

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Betts, Mahlon, 1795-1867.

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Jessup & Moore

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Betts, Pusey & Company

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Bancroft and Sellers (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company

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The family firm of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was established in 1802 and during the 19th century it became one of the United States' most important manufacturers of black powder. In 1902 three younger du Pont cousins: T. Coleman, Alfred I., and Pierre S. took over the company and within three years succeeded in bringing 75% of the American explosives industry (which at that time included black powder, dynamite, and smokeless powder) under their control. During the first decade of the...

Pusey, Jones & Betts

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Pusey, Samuel N., 1814-1885.

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Ripka, Joseph, 1788-1864.

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Gibbons, Richard P. 1819-1904.

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Du Pont, Charles I. (Charles Irénée), 1797-1869

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Charles I. Du Pont was the son of Victor Marie Du Pont and Albert Du Pont was the son of Eleuthérée Irénée Du Pont. Victor Marie Du Pont owned property in Angelica, N.Y. From the description of Power of attorney to W.G. Angel concerning lands at Angelica, N.Y., 1841 Jun 5 / Charles I. du Pont ; Alfred du Pont. (SUNY Geneseo). WorldCat record id: 52739706 Charles I. du Pont was born on March 29, 1797, the eldest son of Victor Marie du Pont and nephew of E. I....

South-Boston Iron Company

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Tatnall & Lea.

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J. Morton Poole & Company.

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Leiper, George Gray, 1786-1868

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Congressman from Pennsylvania; judge in Delaware County. From the description of Letters : from various correspondents, 1822-1867. (Bryn Mawr College). WorldCat record id: 28885956 ...

Corliss Steam Engine Company

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Hollingsworth, Harvey & Company.

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Mendenhall, Joseph, 1809-1880.

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Great Central Fair for the United States Sanitary Commission (1864 : Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Harvey, Edmund A., 1821-1911.

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Haines, Barclay.

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Charles I. du Pont & Company.

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Merrick & Sons.

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Du Pont, Lammot, 1831-1884

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Lammot du Pont was born at Nemours, Delaware, on April 13, 1831. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in engineering, he began work for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. By 1859 he was supervising construction of blasting powder mills at Wapwallopen Mills, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, the first Du Pont mills outside the state of Delaware. By 1865 he was in charge of all du Pont Company manufacturing units outside the state of Delaware. Lammot ...

Catasauqua Manufacturing Company.

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Harlan & Hollingsworth.

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Riddle, James, 1803-1873.

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Riddle & Maxwell.

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Betts, Edward, 1825-1917.

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Bancroft, Joseph, 1803-1874

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Cotton cloth manufacturer of Wilmington, Del. From the description of Inbound letters, 1832-1851 [microform]. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122405925 Joseph Bancroft was a cloth manufacturer and Hicksite Quaker from Wilmington, Delaware, who worked for the reunification of the Society of Friends in the 1860's and 1870's. He wrote a number of religious tracts and published a book, A Persuasive To Unity, which he published in 1874. At his death, Bancroft e...

E. Haldeman & Company.

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Camden Iron Manufacturing Company.

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Betts, Pusey, Jones & Seal

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Fairmount Machine Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Pascal Iron Works (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Franklin Iron Works (Reading, Pa.)

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Tatnall, Joseph, 1816-1895.

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E.C. Stotsenburg & Son.

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Reaney, Son & Archbold.

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Marshall, Phillips & Company.

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Tatnall, Edward, 1782-1856.

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Pusey & Jones.

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Lukens, Rebecca Pennock, 1794-1854

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Alan Wood & Company

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McCullough Iron Company.

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Pusey, Jones & Company

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Atlantic Iron Works (Norfolk, Va.)

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Bidermann, James Antoine, 1790-1865

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Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company

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The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail Road Company was organized in 1836. It operated in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware. In 1902, it became a subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Rail Road. From the description of Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Rail Road Company landscaping account book, 1885-1891. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 317496691 ...

Lammot, Daniel, 1782-1877.

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Moore, Charles, 1807-1890.

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Wood, Thomas, 1814-1880

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J. Pusey & Sons.

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Price, James E., 1842-1919.

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Bancroft, Samuel, 1804-1891

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Jackson & Sharp

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National Iron Armor & Ship Building Company.

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Sellers Brothers.

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E. & A. Betts.

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Betts, Jesse, 1764-1854.

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Stotsenburg, Evan. C. 1807-1882.

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William Lea & Company.

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Sellers, John, 1826-1906

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Cabeen & Company.

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Wood, Alan, 1800-1881

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Alan Wood was a 19th century iron and steel manufacturer. He was engaged with his father, James Wood (1771-1851) at the Delaware Iron Works in Wooddale, Del. (1826-32) and at Conshohocken, Pa. (1832-40). In 1840 he again began operating the Delaware Iron Works with his brother John as Alan Wood & Brother, and he purchased it in his own right in 1843. From the description of Business papers, 1838-1875 (bulk 1838-1841). (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122516063 ...

Diamond State Rolling Mill.

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Miller & Allen, Machinists & Engineers (Chester, Pa.)

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Delaware Iron Works

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McComb, Henry S., 1825-1881

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Leather merchant and railroad promoter. Henry S. McComb was born in Wilmington, Del. on July 28, 1825. His father died when he was still a young boy, and Henry was forced to go to work to help support the family. Until age eighteen he was apprenticed to a currier, Wilmington being a center of the leather industry. McComb excelled at business and was able to buy out his employer. By age twenty-five he was one of the leading citizens of Wilmington, and by thirty he was a l...

Seal, Joshua, 1820-1896.

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Schuylkill Iron Works.

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Marshallton Iron Works.

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Hoopes & Townsend.

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E. Betts & Company

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Wood, W. Dewees (Waters Dewees), 1826-1899

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Bush & Lobdell.

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