ALS : to James C. Aiken, 1869, Febrary 8.

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ALS : to James C. Aiken, 1869, Febrary 8.

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Du Pont agrees to sign a letter of recommendation for a political appointment to president-elect Grant.

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Aiken, James C.

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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...