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Title: Bulletin - United States National Museum
Year: 1877 (1870s)
Authors: United States National Museum Smithsonian Institution United States. Dept. of the Interior
Subjects: Science
Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, (etc.) for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt Print. Off.
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stock of $6000—for settlement of a Tan Yard and Moroccomanufactory (see fig. 21) under the name of A. Cardon & Co.:^°^ ^*^ Statement written by Bidermann with additions by E. I. du Pont, in B. G. du Pont, vol. 11,p. 251. In addition see Agreement between Alexandre Cardon de Sandrans, Jacques AntoineBidermann, and Louis Francois Chenou, December 29, 1815, Eleutherian Mills Historical Library.Chenou agreed to teach Cardon and Bidermann a method of tanning which would produce finishedleather in three months. ^ du Pont de Nemours to wife, letter no. 65, October 9, 1816, Longwood MSS, access. 47. 1*8 du Pont de Nemours to wife, letter no. 32, February 22, 1816. ^^ du Pont de Nemours to wife, letter no. 46, June 12, 1816. 150 (jy Pont de Nemours to wife, letter no. 70, November 26, 1816. 15 Day book, 1815-1822, A. Cardon and Company, Old Stone Office Records, Eleutherian MillsHistorical Library, Greenville, Delaware, December 29, 1815. These records will hereafter be citedas OSOR. 57
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