Research reports, 1953-1978.

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Research reports, 1953-1978.

The research reports were produced by the museum beginning in 1953 for the purpose of developing and elaborating its exhibits and interpretations. They were prepared by a permanent research staff and by participants in the Hagley Fellowship Program, administered jointly with the University of Delaware, many of whom went on to distinguished careers in the history of technology and business. The reports were produced from manuscript and secondary sources at the Hagley Museum and Library. They have the advantage of collecting and condensing information on selected topics relating to the industrial history of the Brandywine Valley and providing tracings back to the original sources.

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Du Planty, McCall & Company.

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Wilkinson, Norman B.

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Joseph Bancroft & Sons Company.

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McCall, Archibald, 1767-1843

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Gray, Ralph D.

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D'Autremont, Auguste F. C. 1783-1860.

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Pursell, Carroll W.

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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 ...

Brandywine Rangers.

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Hagley Yard.

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Brandywine Works.

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Comp, T. Allan

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Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture

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On 11 February 1785 John Beale Bordley and twenty-two other Philadelphians formed the Society for "promoting a greater increase of the products of land within the United States," confining their attention to agriculture and rural affairs. From the description of Circular letter to establish experimental farm, 1818 November 28. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 32829655 Established in 1785 to encourage new developments on agricultural practice and...

Evans, Oliver, 1755-1819

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Born near Newport, Del., Evans received little formal education but taught himself mechanics and mathematics, devoting his life to inventing machines. In 1787 he received a patent from Delaware for a system that automated flour milling; published The Young Mill-Wright & Miller's Guide in 1795; and devoted many years to developing the steam engine, including a steam boat launched in 1805. Evans and his family moved to Philadelphia in 1793 where he remained. From the description of...

Nonantum Paper Mill (Newark, Del.)

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Dawes, Abijah.

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Mocanaqua Coal Company.

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Boatman, Roy M. 1923-

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Lewis, W. David (Walter David), 1931-

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Du Pont family.

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Didier, Pierre, 1741-1830.

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Ellsworth, Lucius F.

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UWF Professor of History, 1969-1983. From the guide to the Ellsworth, Lucius F., Papers, 1971-1976, (University of West Florida Libraries) Historian of technology. Employed by the Hagley Museum as a research assistant, 1963-1967. From the description of Papers on the tanning and leather industries, 1812-1989. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122503365 Professor of history, University of West Florida. From the description of ...

Calvert, Monte A. 1938-

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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...

Welsh, Peter C. 1926-

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John Morton Poole Company.

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Du Planty, Raphael Defrédot, 1776-1854.

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Hopewell Village National Historic Site (Pa.)

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Ivey, Dean B., 1939-

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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal Company

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Formed in 1802 to dig a canal across the Delmarva Peninsula to join the Delaware Bay and the Chesapeake Bay. Engineering surveys were done by Benjamin Henry Latrobe and work actually began but the company ran out of money and abandoned the project in late 1805. In 1822 the company was revived and a canal was completed which opened in 1829. In 1919 the canal, which ran from Delaware City, Del., to Chesapeake City, Md., was purchased by the federal government. From the description of C...

Gibson, George H., 1932-

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Broom, Jacob, 1752-1810

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Jacob Broom was a merchant, manufacturer, statesman in Wilmington, Del. He was a delegate to the convention of 1787 pursuant to a resolution of Congress to adopt a federal constitution. From the description of [Letter] 1807 Aug. 6, Wilmington, [to] James M. Broom, Baltimore / Jaco: Broom. (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 174549632 ...

Bidermann, James Antoine, 1790-1865

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Pisney, Raymond F.

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Heacock, Walter J. (Walter Judson), 1921-1999

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Dalmas, Joseph Charles, 1776-1859

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Hagley Museum

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The Hagley Museum was established in the aftermath of the Du Pont Company's sesquicentennial in 1952. The museum preserved and partially restored the site of the original Du Pont powder yards, which had closed 30 years before. It also documented and presented the early industrial history of the Brandywine Valley. From the description of Research reports, 1953-1978. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86094021 ...

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company of Pennsylvania. Wapwallopen Mills.

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Lopata, Roy H.

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Corbit family.

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Du Pont, Victor Marie, 1767-1827

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Victor du Pont (1767-1827) was born in Paris, the eldest son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours. After completing his education, he was employed as one of three sous-chiefs in his father's office at the Bureau du Commerce in Paris. In 1787 he obtained a position as private secretary to the Comte de Moustier, the French minister to the United States. In 1791 he was named aide-de-camp to General Lafayette, and the next year he was appointed secretary to the French legation in Philadelphia. In 179...

Brubaker, Lynn Louise, 1938-

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Cardon de Sandrans, Alexandre, b. 1787.

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Holmes, William M.

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Miller, John Veil, 1940-

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Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817

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Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours wrote his autobiography to the year 1765 while in hiding near Paris in September 1792. From the description of Autobiography, 1792 : typescript copy. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86119300 French economist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to Thomas Jefferson, 1813 Feb. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270744066 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Au...

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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 ...

Sinclair, B. D. (Bruce D.)

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Mayer, Anne E., 1947-

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Curtis Paper Company

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The Curtis Paper Company was a small producer specializing in high-quality paper located in Newark, Del. The Milford Paper Mill had been established on White Clay Creek near Newark by Thomas Meeteer in 1789 and remained in the Meeteer family until 1838, after which it passed to other parties, who allowed it to fall into disrepair. In 1848 the brothers S. Minot and George B. Curtis of Newton Lower Falls, Mass., purchased the property, rebuilt the mill, and began the manuf...

Cooper, Thomas, 1759-1839

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Epithet: abolitionist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001188.0x000283 Thomas Cooper, born in London in 1759, immigrated to Pennsylvania in 1794. Well-known for his political beliefs, Cooper eventually pursued a career as a science professor and became the second president of South Carolina College in 1821. From the guide to the Thomas Cooper Papers, ., 1819-1837, (University of North Carolina at Cha...

Farris, Sally Guertler, 1936-

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Hyland, Lana Jean, 1941-

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Raskob, John J. (John Jakob), 1879-1950

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John Raskob was born in Lockport, N.Y. on March 19, 1879. He was educated in the area's public schools and after holding a number of positions as a stenographer and secretary went to work for The Johnson Company of Lorain, Ohio, in August 1900. The Johnson Company had been recently purchased by Pierre S. du Pont. Two years later he became Pierre S. du Pont's private secretary, and when du Pont became treasurer of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. on March 4, 1904, Raskob became his ...

Gilpin, Joshua, 1765-1840.

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Philadelphia businessman and canal promoter. From the description of ALS : London, to Thomas Fisher, 1796 Feb. 22. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122442873 From the description of ALS : New Bedford, to Thomas Fisher, 1805 Sept. 22. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122442882 From the description of ALS : Wilmington, Del., to Thomas Fisher, 1793 Oct. 21. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122541875 ...

Sunnydale Paper Mill (Birmingham, Pa.)

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Potter, Jack C., 1936-

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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...

Dawes, Rumford, 1744-1819.

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Rumford Dawes (1744-1819) and Abijah Dawes were sons of Edward Dawes of New Castle County, Del. Sometime prior to 1783 they erected the Hagley Slitting and Rolling Mills on the Brandywine near Wilmington. By 1787 it was working imported Russian and Swedish iron. Much of the output was sent to the New York City nail factory of J.G. Pierson & Brothers. Josiah G. Pierson had invented one of the first successful American nail-cutting machines, but did not build his own rolling mill until 1795. T...

Hancock, Harold Bell, 1913-1987

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Henry du Pont was born on August 8, 1812, the second son of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, the founder of the family explosives business. He was educated at Mt. Airy College in Germantown, Pa., and at West Point. In 1834 he resigned his army commission and returned to Delaware to join the family firm. He became a junior partner in 1837. He replaced his older brother Alfred Victor du Pont as senior partner in 1850, a position he retained until his death on August 8, 1889. From the descr...

Eleutherian Mills (Greenville, Del. : Dwelling)

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Eleutherian Mills (Greenville, Del. : Powder mills)

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