Papers, 1828-1876.

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Papers, 1828-1876.

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The papers consist of outgoing correspondence (1828-1836, 1846-1876), mostly written to her sisters-in-law, Eleuthera du Pont Smith and Sophie M. Du Pont. The majority written to Eleuthera prior to her marriage describe teaching Sunday School, sewing, attending school, reading, gardening, and family matters. They include descriptions of attending lectures at Peale's Museum, visits to Philadelphia factories, a visit to the studio of Thomas Sully while he was painting the portrait of Fanny Kemble, and a visit to John James Audubon's exhibition of birds.

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Peale's Museum (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Peale's Museum was established by Charles Willson Peale in 1784. It was public rather than private in character and was governed initially by a Society of Visitors. The museum was moved to the Hall of the American Philosophical Society in 1794 and in 1802 by act of the Pennsylvania Assembly it ws granted the free use of the State House (Independence Hall) recently vacated by the legislature. It was subsequently incorporated as the Philadelphia Museum Company under the direction of a board of tru...

Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872

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Artist Thomas Sully was born in London, although his actor parents soon emigrated to the United States. A trip back to England to study painting expanded his horizons, and upon his return to the United States he developed a reputation as a first rate painter. He specialized in portraits, especially portraits of women, and painted full-length portraits of many public and private figures. He is perhaps most closely associated with his portrait of Queen Victoria and for his painting, Washington cro...

Du Pont, Sophie Madeleine, 1810-1888.

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Sophie Madeleine Du Pont was the youngest daughter of Eleuthère Irénée and Sophie Dalmas du Pont. E. I. du Pont was the founder of the black powder manufacturing company, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Sophie was raised at Eleutherian Mills, the house that her father built on the bluff overlooking his black powder manufactory. Sophie and her siblings learned English but French was the language of the du Pont home. Eleuthère Irénée emigrated to the United States from France in 1802). In ...

Du Pont, Joanna Smith, 1815-1876

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Joanna Maria Smith was a daughter of Francis Gurney Smith (1784-1873) and Elizabeth MacKie Smith of Philadelphia. Her brother, Thomas MacKie Smith, was the husband of Eleuthera du Pont. Joanna Smith attended a Miss Ardley's French school in Philadelphia in the late 1820s. She married Alexis I. du Pont (1816-1857) in 1836; they had eight children. From the description of Papers, 1828-1876. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122292356 ...

Smith, Eleuthera du Pont, 1806-1876

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Eleuthera du Pont, a daughter of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834) and Sophie Madeleine Dalmas du Pont (1775-1828), was born at the family home, Eleutherian Mills. Her father was the founder of E.I du Pont de Nemours & Company. She was educated at home by her sister, Victorine du Pont Bauduy, and then attended Mrs. Hughes's Boarding and Day School in Philadelphia from 1821 to 1823. She married Thomas MacKie Smith, a physician, in 1834, and they resided on her family's property. They ha...