Memoir, n.d. [transcript].

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Memoir, n.d. [transcript].

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The records consist of two copies of a typewritten transcription of "Memories of Aunt Sophie" written by Lavinia Dimmick Rée, apparently in the 1940s. They provide a detailed reminiscence of life in Sophie M. Du Pont's home at Louviers during the late 1870s and the 1880s. Rée describes household furnishings and a daily routine that included morning and evening prayer, the work of the domestic servants, types of food served, and the gardens. She characterized her aunt as very religious and an invalid.

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Upper Louviers (Rockland, Del. : Dwelling).

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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 ...

Rée, Lavinia Dimmick, 1874-1946.

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Lavinia Dimmick Rée was the daughter of Irene du Pont Dimmick (1845-1877) and Edward Dimmick (1843-1895). She was a great-niece of Sophie M. Du Pont (1810-1888). From the description of Memoir, n.d. [transcript]. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122516007 ...