The E. I du Pont de Nemours & Company minute books document an important era in the history of the company from just before the turn of the twentieth century through the 1930s. The DuPont Company in this time went through many changes in structure...
Collection guide for Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours and Françoise (Robin) Poivre
du Pont de Nemours Papers. Pierre Samuel du Pont (1739-1817) was a noted French
Physiocrat and economic advisor to Jacques Necker and King Louis XVI. In the...
(Left to Right) Suzanne Irene Jacquette Aubert de Tregomain (1891-), Jean Francois James Aubert de Tregomain (1894-), Marie Madeleine Francoise Aubert de Tregomain (1896-)
"The following verse by E.I. du Pont is on the back of the portrait; 'Vous le voyez; des sa plus tendre enfance/De fragiles chateaux l'occupaient tout entier/Il travailla plus tard au bonheur de la France/Ce n'est pas changer de metier."
Correspondence from P. S. du Pont de Nemours concerning negotiations for the purchase of Louisiana from France. James Munroe was then serving as a U.S. envoy to France for the negotiations.
Engraving. Handwritten on back: "Andelot, Francois de Coligny, Seigneur d'Andelot, 1521-1569. Caligny, Gaspard de, Admiral, 1517-1572. Caligny, Odet de, Cardinal de Chatillon, 1515-1571."
Cartes de visite; Military officers; Uniforms; Portrait photographs
Carte de visite from an album possibly assembled by Henry Algernon du Pont. Handwritten caption: "H. V. de Hart. Capt. 5 Arty." Captain de Hart was mortally wounded at the battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia, 27 June 1862.