Boarding schools; Correspondence; School discipline;
Letter from Charles D. Morris, Headmaster of the Lake Mohegan School, to Henry du Pont relaying his version of an incident of Henry's son, William, breaking the rules and discusses his concerns about William's behavior.
Letter from J. P. Tracy, M.D., recommending that John Beaty, a member of Company B (Lammot du Pont's company), 5th Regiment Delaware Volunteer Infantry, be excused from drill because of an attack of hemorrhoids.
Letter from John Chandler, M.D., certifying that Thomas Irvine, a member of Company B (Lammot du Pont's company), 5th Delaware Volunteer Infantry, was unfit for military service.
Militias; Military mobilizations; Military officers
Porter discusses supplies sent to his militia company, the "New Ark Home Guards" of Newark, Delaware. Also included are receipts for equipment issued to the "New Ark Home Guards."
Correspondence regarding the destruction caused by the November 20, 1861 explosion in the powder yards (Press Room, Grain Mill, and Dust Mill in Upper Yard). Three people were killed including Joseph Russell, John Vichie, and Charles Mulherrin.
Loomis, an agent of the Hazard Powder Company, discusses the reaction of the people of Cincinnati to the explosion of DuPont Company powder wagons in Wilmington, Delaware. Loomis also asks for a copy of Wilmington's ordinance forbidding the...
During observances held at the site of the original powder mills on the Brandywine River near Wilmington, Delaware DuPont Company chairman Walter S. Carpenter, Jr. unveils memorial marker. At far right is Crawford H. Greenewalt, company president....
Hendrick instructs the company to ship the vehicle via D. L. & W and D. & H. He also wishes to confirm that the company will send a man with the vehicle to instruct about the running of the roundabout and to stay until he is master of the machine.
Typed caption: Elegant and very feminine-showing Balmain's glamorizing touch in every graceful line-is this evening gown in snowy white nylon point d'esprit, designed in the flattering princess line so prominent in the Paris couture collections...
Barbed Wire Salesmen, Chicago. Left to right, standing: Peter J. McManus, George F. Rummel, Ralph Eastman, James P. Tufts, R.D. Carver, -- Stewart, Thomas F. Farmer.
Seated: Emery T. Ambler, Leroy W. Garoutte, Charles Eastman, J.T. McDonald,...
Identified clockwise from top left: Tivoli (Villa D'Este) Fontana del l'organo idraullco; Pegli, Villa Pallavicini-Durazzo, Viale degli oleandri; Tivoli (Villa D'Este) Fontana del l'organo idraullco; Tivoli - Villa D'Este, Cento Fontane