ALS : Philadelphia, Pa., [to Pierre S. du Pont?], 1906 June 19.

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ALS : Philadelphia, Pa., [to Pierre S. du Pont?], 1906 June 19.

Joseph Du Pont, who is apparently a descendant of a line of the du Pont family that remained in France, writes on the history and value of portraits of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours and his wives, of Victor du Pont, and of Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette, including of Du Pont de Nemours by Jacques Louis David.

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Hagley Museum & Library

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