Copies of Henry du Pont's U.S. Military Academy records, 1828-1890 [photocopies].

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Copies of Henry du Pont's U.S. Military Academy records, 1828-1890 [photocopies].

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Letter of Callender Irvine to Secretary of War Peter B. Porter introducing E. I. du Pont, 20 Dec. 1828. Letter of E. I. du Pont to Secretary of War Peter B. Porter seeking an appointment for his son Henry du Pont to West Point, endorsed by Kensey Johns, Jr., 12 Feb. 1829. Letter of E. I. du Pont to Peter B. Porter, 28 Feb. 1829. Letter of Henry du Pont to Peter B. Porter, 28 Feb. 1829. Copy of Henry du Pont's obituary as published in the 1890 Annual reunion of the Association of Graduates Office, U.S. Military Academy. Roster of the West Point class of 1833.

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United States Military Academy. Class of 1962

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Porter, Peter B. (Peter Buell), 1773-1844

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Porter was a member of the New York State Legislature, a member of the United States House of Representatives from New York State, a major general in the War of 1812, and United States Secretary of War from 1828 to 1829. He was a strong supporter of the Whig Party. From the description of Letter, 1839 February 16. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 145407205 Congressman, general of New York State Militia during the War of 1812, and partner in Porter, Barton & Company. ...

Irvine, Callender, 1775-1841

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Resident of Pennsylvania; served as United States agent for the Six Nations; appointed commissary general of the United States Army in 1814. From the description of Callender Irvine letters and appointments, 1802-1803. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 71242443 ...

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...

Du Pont, Eleuthère Irénée, 1771-1834

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Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, the son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, was born in Paris on June 24, 1771. In 1787, he was accepted as a student in the Regis des Poudres, a government agency for the manufacture of gunpowder which was directed by Antoine Lavoisier. In 1800 Eleuthère Irénée du Pont emigrated to the United States and began investigating sites for a black powder manufactory. After consulting with Thomas Jefferson he established E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. on the bank of ...

Johns, Kensey, 1791-1857

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