Records, 1817-1899.

American Sunday School Union.

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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 ...

Du Pont, Eleuthère Irénée, 1771-1834

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Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, the son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, was born in Paris on June 24, 1771. In 1787, he was accepted as a student in the Regis des Poudres, a government agency for the manufacture of gunpowder which was directed by Antoine Lavoisier. In 1800 Eleuthère Irénée du Pont emigrated to the United States and began investigating sites for a black powder manufactory. After consulting with Thomas Jefferson he established E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. on the bank of ...

Bidermann, Evelina du Pont, 1796-1863

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Evelina du Pont, a daughter of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834) and Sophie Dalmas du Pont (1775-1828), was born in Paris and came to the United States in 1800. Her father was the founder of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company. Evelina attended the female seminary of Madame Rivardi in Philadelphia from 1807 to 1811. In 1816, she married James Antoine Bidermann (1790-1865), one of her father's business associates. They had one child. She and her husband traveled to France in 1827-1828 and...

Christ Church Christiana Hundred (Greenville, Del.)

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Christ Church Christiana Hundred is an Episcopal church in Greenville, Delaware. It was founded in 1848 with the help of the du Pont family and Reverend Samuel Brincklé of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware. For many years Christ Church served as a church for the du Pont family and their employees, but now serves a larger community. In 1848, Alfred Lee, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Delaware, appointed Reverend Samuel Brincklé a missionary for New Castle County. As...

Smith, Eleuthera du Pont, 1806-1876

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Eleuthera du Pont, a daughter of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834) and Sophie Madeleine Dalmas du Pont (1775-1828), was born at the family home, Eleutherian Mills. Her father was the founder of E.I du Pont de Nemours & Company. She was educated at home by her sister, Victorine du Pont Bauduy, and then attended Mrs. Hughes's Boarding and Day School in Philadelphia from 1821 to 1823. She married Thomas MacKie Smith, a physician, in 1834, and they resided on her family's property. They ha...

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...

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company

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The family firm of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company was established in 1802 and during the 19th century it became one of the United States' most important manufacturers of black powder. In 1902 three younger du Pont cousins: T. Coleman, Alfred I., and Pierre S. took over the company and within three years succeeded in bringing 75% of the American explosives industry (which at that time included black powder, dynamite, and smokeless powder) under their control. During the first decade of the...

Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School.

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The Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School was organized in 1817 as a non-sectarian school for the children of the local factory workers, with instruction in reading, writing, arithmetic, and religion. E. I. du Pont, founder of the Du Pont Company, was one of its chief subscribers, and the school building was located on his property. His daughters, Victorine, Eleuthera, and Sophie Madeleine taught in the school, and Victorine succeeded John Siddall as superintendent. In 1823 the BMSS became affi...