Account books, 1790-1889.

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Account books, 1790-1889.

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The Forwood family account books spanning the century between 1790 and 1889 were kept by Jehu, John, Valentine and other family members. Entries include notes on plantings, harvests, rain, sale and purchase of livestock and farm produce (cider, buckwheat, corn, oats, wheat, parsnips, cattle, horses, and sheep). There are also notes about wages, school expenses, and other items relating to family members. Work at a swamp on Marsh Road is noted as is work on a nearby road.

7 volumes.

Hagley Museum & Library

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Hagley Museum & Library

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Forwood, Jehu.

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Forwood family.

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The original Forwood homestead was on Marsh Road in Brandywine Hundred, north of Wilmington. The farm was originally established by John Forwood in 1790. Corn, oats, and wheat were grown on the property, which had been a marsh. During the first decade of the 19th century the Forwood family began to purchase and sell livestock. Jehu Forwood (John's eldest son) was a founder of the Brandywine Hundred Association for Recovery of Stolen Horses. The Forwood farm was a major supplier of timber to the ...

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 ...

Forwood, Valentine.

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Bauduy, Victorine du Pont, 1792-1861

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Victorine du Pont was the oldest daughter of E.I. du Pont, the founder of the family powder business. She married Ferdinand Bauduy in 1813, but he died six weeks later, and she never remarried. From the description of Autograph album, 1821-1844. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122516487 Victorine du Pont Bauduy, the eldest child of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834) and Sophie Madeleine Dalmas du Pont (1775-1828), was born in Paris and came to the Uni...

Brandywine Horse Company.

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Forwood, John.

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