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Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: LMSS-I
Abstract:
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) was a French political economist, writer, publisher, and public administrator. He was an advocate for a national educational system and promoted Franco-American trade relations. The collection consists of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours correspondence and writings in addition to correspondence of his second wife, Françoise (Robin) Poivre.
Dates:
1769-1831
William du Pont, Sr. papers
Found in:
Manuscripts and Archives
Collection
Identifier: 2724
Abstract:
William du Pont (1855-1928) was an industrialist and member of the promienent du Pont family of Delaware, whose family business was the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, also known as the DuPont Company which was a large manufacturer of gunpowder. He worked for the first DuPont dynamite manufacturer, Repauno Chemical Company, as secretary and treasurer (1880-1884) and after the tragic death of Lammot du Pont (1831-1884), as president (1884-1892). This small group of papers encompass both correspondence and various financial and investment accounts, largely covering his ten years spent in England after leaving the United States in 1893.
Dates:
1891-1905
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- Bidermann, Jacques Antoine, 1751-1817 1
- Du Pont de Nemours, Francoise Robin Poivre, 1748-1841 1
- Du Pont de Nemours, Pere et Fils & Cie 1
- Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817 1
- Du Pont, Annie Rogers, 1858-1927 1
- Du Pont, Eleuthère Irénée, 1771-1834 1
- Du Pont, Josephine de la Fite de Pelleport, 1770-1837 1
- Du Pont, Victor Marie, 1767-1827 1
- Du Pont, William, 1855-1928 1
- Du pont, Sophie Dalmas, 1775-1828 1
- E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company 1
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 1
- Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826 1
- Lavoisier, Antoine Laurent, 1743-1794 1
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