Drop front records box, n.d.

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Drop front records box, n.d.

A pasteboard box for containing filed letters, made in France prior to 1799 and used by Du Pont de Nemours to carry part of his papers when the family emigrated to America. The front of the box is hand-lettered, "correspondance - commerce etranger; C ; voyages et mémoires de M. Du Pont fils."

1 item ; 28 x 19 x 43 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8211317

Hagley Museum & Library

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Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817

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Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours wrote his autobiography to the year 1765 while in hiding near Paris in September 1792. From the description of Autobiography, 1792 : typescript copy. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86119300 French economist. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [Paris], to Thomas Jefferson, 1813 Feb. 10. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270744066 From the description of Autograph letter signed : Paris, to Au...