Souvenirs épars de ma juenesse, dédies à mes enfans.

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Souvenirs épars de ma juenesse, dédies à mes enfans.

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The volume is a 144-page memoir composed by Mme. du Pont between 1797 and 1802. It is a copy made by her daughter-in-law, Sophie Madeleine du Pont in 1853 from a copy prepared by the author in 1815. The memoir contains information about her family history and describes her youth, her education in a convent, life in France, travels to Switzerland, meeting her future husband, and ends with her marriage in 1794.

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