ALS : Paris, France, to Charles Maurice de Tallyrand-Périgord, Paris, 1805 Nov. 7.

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ALS : Paris, France, to Charles Maurice de Tallyrand-Périgord, Paris, 1805 Nov. 7.

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Du Pont de Nemours writes to Tallyrand concerning the bankruptcy of Victor du Pont de Nemours & Company, which is before the New York Court of Chancery. Tallyrand offered Victor a loan of 300,000 francs, but the news reached America too late to prevent to liquidation of the firm. Du Pont de Nemours thanks Tallyrand for his support and tells Tallyrand how generous and noble he is. "That is why I have loved you with abandon these twenty years."

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Victor du Pont de Nemours & Company.

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Du Pont, Victor Marie, 1767-1827

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