ALS : to Mrs. Felix R. Brunot, 1860 Feb 24.

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ALS : to Mrs. Felix R. Brunot, 1860 Feb 24.

The letter, from the wife of Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont to the wife of Felix Revely Brunot, a Pittsburgh businessman and philanthropist, reflects Sophie du Pont's concern with religious and domestic matters. She thanks Mrs. Brunot for a sermon sent her and discusses mutual friends.

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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 ...