Correspondence, 1805-1901.

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E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Correspondence, 1805-1901.

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Correspondence, 1805-1901.

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http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/86123685

Abstract

This series contains the Du Pont Company's correspondence with suppliers, attorneys, customers, labor agents, and sales agents. The files document the importation of saltpeter and nitrate for the manufacture of black powder, the selling of gun powder to the government and blasting powder to coal mine operators and railroad contractors. The process by which Irish workers were recruited with the assistance of Philadelphia agents is described. There is also some correspondence with competing powder manufacturers and makers of powder machinery. Letters describe the organization and operation of the Gunpowder Trade Association between 1872 and 1901.

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191 linear ft.

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Hagley Museum & Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8340749

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