Two letters to Henry du Pont, 1887.

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Two letters to Henry du Pont, 1887.

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Two letters from Elliott, Johnson & Co., bankers and brokers of Wilmington, Del., to Henry du Pont of April 30 and May 2, 1887, re the purchase of bonds in two Florida railroads, the Sanford & Lake Eustis Railroad Company, and the Jacksonville, Tampa & Key West Railway Company.

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Jacksonville, Tampa and Key West Railway Company.

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Sanford and Lake Eustis Railroad Company.

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Elliott, Johnson & Co.

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Du Pont, Henry, 1812-1889

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Henry du Pont was born in 1812 at Eleutherian Mills near Wilmington, Delaware. He attended the Mount Airy Military School in Germantown, Pennsylvania, from 1823-1829 and then went to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, graduating in 1833. As a Second Lieutenant, he joined the 4th Artillery at Fort Monroe in Virginia. On July 15, 1837, he married Louisa Gerhard and together they had 9 children, including Henry Algernon, Victorine Foster, and Evelina. In 1846, he was appoin...