Francoise Poivre du Pont de Nemours letters to Jacques Henri Bernardin de St. Pierre (photocopies)
Creation: circa 1769-1771Abstract
Francoise Robin du Pont (1748-1841) was the second wife of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) a promienent French political economist, writer, publisher, and public administrator. The collection includes photocopied letters from du Pont to Jacques Henri Bernardin de St. Pierre (1737-1814). The letters are entirely personal, with social and literary references, all general in character.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1769-1771
Creator
- Du Pont de Nemours, Francoise Robin Poivre, 1748-1841 (Correspondent, Person)
Extent
25 item(s)
Biographical Note
Françoise Robin du Pont (1748-1841) was the second wife of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) a promienent French political economist, writer, publisher, and public administrator.
Françoise Robin was a daughter of Antoine Robin de Livet (1705-1772) of Lyon. Her first husband, Pierre Poivre (1719-1786), was a naturalist and author. They lived for a time on the Ile de France and returned to France in 1773. There were two daughters by this marriage: Marie Marguerite Sara (1773-1814) and Françoise Julienne (1770-1845) who married Jean Xavier Bureaux Pusy (1750-1806).
Françoise married second, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) at Chevannes in 1795; she was his second wife. She and her son-in-law, Jean Xavier Bureaux de Pusy, sailed from Rotterdam in 1799 to find and establish a home in the United States for the remainder of the family, who joined them several months later. She selected property in Bergen Point, New Jersey, which the family called "Goodstay."
Poivre and du Pont de Nemours returned to France in 1802. When her husband went back to the United States in 1815, she remained in France due to a hip injury. She was preparing to return when she received word of her husband's death. After his death, she maintained correspondence with the du Pont family until her death in Paris in 1841.
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of letters from Francoise Poivre du Pont de Nemours (1748-1841) to Jacques Henri Bernardin de St. Pierre (1737-1814). Probably written between 1769 and 1771 when both were residing in the Ile de France, she was the wife of the intendant and he was an engineer. The letters, all in her hand, are entirely personal, with social and literary references, all general in character. Included with these is an additional item, a letter of Madame Adrien Georges Buschey des Noes, wife of the deputy to the Assemblee Nationale Constituante, to Bernardin de St. Pierre, written 1796.
Location of Originals
Originals at Bibliotheque Municipale du Havre, France.
Access Restrictions
No restrictions on access; this collection is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Not to be reproduced.
Language of Materials
French
Subjects
Related Names
Subject
- Saint-Pierre, Bernardin de, 1737-1814 (Recipient, Person)
- Du Pont family (Family)
Finding Aid & Administrative Information
- Title:
- Francoise Poivre du Pont de Nemours letters to Jacques Henri Bernardin de St. Pierre (photocopies)
- Author:
- John Beverly Riggs
- Date:
- 1970
- Description rules:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description:
- English
- Script of description:
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2021: Ashley Williams
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Manuscripts and Archives Repository