Papers, 1850-1884.

Laflin and Rand Powder Company.

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Pusey and Jones Company

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H.A. Weldy & Company.

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McComb, Henry S., 1825-1881

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Leather merchant and railroad promoter. Henry S. McComb was born in Wilmington, Del. on July 28, 1825. His father died when he was still a young boy, and Henry was forced to go to work to help support the family. Until age eighteen he was apprenticed to a currier, Wilmington being a center of the leather industry. McComb excelled at business and was able to buy out his employer. By age twenty-five he was one of the leading citizens of Wilmington, and by thirty he was a l...

Du Pont, Mary Belin, 1839-1913.

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Mary Belin du Pont was the daughter of Henry H. Belin and Isabella d'Andelot Belin. Her father was a bookkeeper for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. She married Lammot du Pont (1831-1884) in 1865; they had eleven children. From the description of Grandmother's receipts. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 654479652 Mary Belin du Pont was the daughter of Henry H. Belin and Isabella d'Andelot Belin. Her father was a bookkeeper for E.I. du Pont de Nemours ?...

Wilmington and Reading Railroad Company.

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Huston, Charles, 1822-1897

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Christ Church Christiana Hundred (Greenville, Del.)

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Christ Church Christiana Hundred is an Episcopal church in Greenville, Delaware. It was founded in 1848 with the help of the du Pont family and Reverend Samuel Brincklé of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware. For many years Christ Church served as a church for the du Pont family and their employees, but now serves a larger community. In 1848, Alfred Lee, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, appointed Reverend Samuel Brincklé a missionary for New Castle County. As...

Parrish, Charles, 1826-1896

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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...

Du Pont, Eugene, 1840-1902

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Eugene du Pont was the eldest son of Alexis I. du Pont and Joanna Smith du Pont and grandson of E. I. du Pont, the founder of the family gunpowder business. He joined the workforce of E.I du Pont de Nemours & Co. in 1861, became a partner in 1864, and senior partner in 1889. He became president upon incorporation of the firm in 1899, serving until his death three years later. From the description of Miscellaneous papers, 1857-1873. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record i...

Belin, Charles Augustus, 1816-1889.

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Wilmington and Northern Railroad Company.

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Mocanaqua Coal Company.

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Hazard Powder Company.

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Kemble, Victorine du Pont, 1825-1887.

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Dallas, George M. (George Mifflin), 1839-1917

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Du Pont, Alexis I. (Alexis Irénée), 1816-1857

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Alexis I. du Pont was born on February 14, 1816, the youngest child of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, the founder of the Du Pont Company. He was educated at Mt. Airy College, Germantown, Pa., and at the New Haven Gymnasium (1829-31), where his nephew, James Irénée Bidermann, was a classmate. In 1831 he entered the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed his scientific studies in 1835, but took no degree. In 1836, he was married to Joanna Maria Smith (1815-1876), the daughter of Francis Gu...

Leisenring, A. W. (Alexander W.), 1826-1893.

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Austin Powder Company.

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Repauno Chemical Company.

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Rockland Mills (Rockland, Del.)

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Hamilton Powder Company.

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Kneeland, Furman L., 1824-1884.

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Du Pont, Sophie Madeleine, 1810-1888.

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Sophie Madeleine Du Pont was the youngest daughter of Eleuthère Irénée and Sophie Dalmas du Pont. E. I. du Pont was the founder of the black powder manufacturing company, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Sophie was raised at Eleutherian Mills, the house that her father built on the bluff overlooking his black powder manufactory. Sophie and her siblings learned English but French was the language of the du Pont home. Eleuthère Irénée emigrated to the United States from France in 1802). In ...

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

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Geyelin, Emile C. (Emile Camile), 1828?-1900

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Belin, Henry, 1843-1917

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Rothwell, Richard P. (Richard Pennefather), 1836-1901

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California Powder Works.

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Delaware River Railroad Company.

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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 ...

Atlantic Dynamite Company.

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Hercules Powder Company

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Du Pont, Bidermann, 1837-1923

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Moosic Powder Company

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Du Pont, H. A. (Henry Algernon), 1838-1926

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Henry Algernon du Pont (1838-1927) was born at Eleutherian Mills near Wilmington, Delaware, the eldest child of Henry and Louisa du Pont and the grandson of E.I. du Pont. In 1856 he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point from which he graduated five years later and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. During the Civil War he was promoted to the rank of Captain and served in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia. He retired from the Army in...

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...

Oriental Powder Mills

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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...

Berks County Railroad Company.

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Gunpowder Trade Association.

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Grasselli Chemical Company

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The Grasselli Chemical Company was established by Eugene Ramiro Grasselli in Cincinnati in 1839. In 1886 it moved its headquarters and major production facilities to Cleveland. During the 19th century the company became a major producer of sulfuric acid, nitric acid, baking soda, chloroform and pharmaceutical chemicals. In the 1850s the company became a major producer of kerosene. In the mid 1870s Grasselli became the Du Pont Company's major supplier of sulfuric acid which was used to make nitro...

Belin, Henry Hedrick, 1804-1891

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Gowen, Franklin B. (Franklin Benjamin), 1836-1889

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Franklin B. Gowen, a lawyer, was president of the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad Company, 1869-1883. From the description of To the miners and laborers of the Philadelphia & Reading Coal and Iron Company, 1877 March 17. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 35766271 ...

Du Pont, Mary Sophie, 1834-1869

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