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Figure 26. — Dissolution of Partnership, 1830. The life of A. Cardon and Company 

 officially ended with a dissolution of partnership in May 1830. This document 

 is a part of the nearly complete business record of the tannery preserved at the 

 Eleutherian Mills Historical Library, Greenville, Delaware. 



From 1826 to 1829 confusion cleared and tempers cooled and the 

 books were brought up-to-date. The tally showed that in sHghtly 

 over ten years the firm had lost $43,303^.03. Of this, $33,440.92 

 was owed to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company as follows: 

 by Bidermann, $11,059.56; by Cardon, $10,769.63; and by Dalmas, 

 $12,321.94.-10 



When the accounts were finally closed, Bidermann "or his 

 friends" had paid debts for the tannery amounting to about 



-i'' Statements of profit and loss 1, 2, and 3, from the books of A. Cardon and Company, 1816 to 

 1829, OSOR, Tannery, box 1. 



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