Records, 1810-1856.

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Records, 1810-1856.

Correspondence includes letters from commission agents, suppliers of wool, dyes and machinery, factory workers, and inventors. These document all aspects of the woolen business including the negotiation of military contract for blankets which provided much of the business. There are also letters concerning Charles I. du Pont's career in Delaware politics.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8343600

Hagley Museum & Library

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Bauduy, Peter, 1769 or 70-1833

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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...

Du Pont, Alfred Victor, 1798-1856

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Alfred Victor du Pont was the eldest son of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. He joined the gunpowder firm of E.I. du Pont & Company in 1818 and was senior partner from 1834 to 1850. From the description of Letters to William Kemble, 1849 [photocopies]. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122516650 Alfred Victor du Pont (1798-1856), son of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont was born in Paris and came to the United States in 1800. He was educated at Mt. Ai...

Charles I. du Pont & Company.

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The woolen company of Du Pont, Bauduy & Co. was established on the Brandywine in 1810 with E.I. du Pont, Raphael Du Planty, Victor du Pont, and Peter Bauduy as partners. On February 25, 1815 this partnership was dissolved and succeeded by Victor & Charles du Pont & Co. which continued until the death of Victor du Pont in 1827, when the firm became Charles I. du Pont & Co. In 1839 it acquired the mill property of Dixon & Breck, a woolen company organized four years earlier. Th...

Dixon & Breck.

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Du Planty, Raphael Defrédot, 1776-1854.

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Du Pont, Victor Marie, 1767-1827

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Victor du Pont (1767-1827) was born in Paris, the eldest son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours. After completing his education, he was employed as one of three sous-chiefs in his father's office at the Bureau du Commerce in Paris. In 1787 he obtained a position as private secretary to the Comte de Moustier, the French minister to the United States. In 1791 he was named aide-de-camp to General Lafayette, and the next year he was appointed secretary to the French legation in Philadelphia. In 179...

A.C. Cazenove & Company.

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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 ...

Du Pont, Charles I. (Charles Irénée), 1797-1869

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Charles I. Du Pont was the son of Victor Marie Du Pont and Albert Du Pont was the son of Eleuthérée Irénée Du Pont. Victor Marie Du Pont owned property in Angelica, N.Y. From the description of Power of attorney to W.G. Angel concerning lands at Angelica, N.Y., 1841 Jun 5 / Charles I. du Pont ; Alfred du Pont. (SUNY Geneseo). WorldCat record id: 52739706 Charles I. du Pont was born on March 29, 1797, the eldest son of Victor Marie du Pont and nephew of E. I....