Du Pont, Victor Marie, 1767-1827

Victor du Pont (1767-1827) was born in Paris, the eldest son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours. After completing his education, he was employed as one of three sous-chiefs in his father's office at the Bureau du Commerce in Paris. In 1787 he obtained a position as private secretary to the Comte de Moustier, the French minister to the United States. In 1791 he was named aide-de-camp to General Lafayette, and the next year he was appointed secretary to the French legation in Philadelphia. In 1795 he became consul at Charleston, S.C. In 1800, in partnership with his father and brother Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, he established the trading company of Du Pont de Nemours, Père et Fils & Cie. This firm was dissolved in 1802, when E.I. du Pont organized his black powder manufacturing company. At that time, Victor du Pont was involved in supplying the French troops which were attempting to suppress a slave insurrection in Santo Domingo. In 1811 he moved to Louviers, Del., where he became involved in his family's cotton and woolen mills. In 1820 he was elected to the Delaware state Senate and six years later he became a director of the Bank of the United States. He died in Philadelphia in 1827.

From the description of Papers, 1753-1847. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122503404

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