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	Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739 - 1817), born in Paris, France, was the founder of a dynamic and innovative family of entrepreneurs.
		However, he and his son Eleuthère Irénée du Pont were among those who physically defended Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette from a mob besieging the Tuileries Palace in Paris during the insurrection of August 10, 1792.
		Pierre engaged in informal diplomacy between the United States and France during the reign of Napoleon.
	uncover.us /en/wikipedia/p/pi/pierre_samuel_du_pont_de_nemours.html (279 words)

	Du Pont family - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The family rose to prominence due to the founding in 1802 of the DuPont chemical corporation by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont.
		He and his father, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, were the first to emigrate from France to the United States.
		While it is most often written as du Pont when quoting a full name (such as Pierre du Pont) and Du Pont when speaking of the family as a whole, it can also be written: Dupont, DuPont (used when speaking of the family's chemical company), duPont, and du Pont de Nemours.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Du_Pont_family (186 words)

	Pierre S. du Pont (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pierre Samuel du Pont (1870-1954) was president of the DuPont company from 1915 to 1919, and served on its Board of Directors until 1940.
		He is the son of Lammot du Pont and great-great-grandson of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, a great French economist (the extra "de Nemours" was added by the original Pierre to ennoble himself after he was elected to the Constituent Assembly).
		Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours' son, Éleuthère Iréné du Pont, who emigrated to America with his grandfather, founded the DuPont company in 1802.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/P/Pierre-S.-du-Pont.htm (554 words)

	Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Early in his career he attracted the attention of François Quesnay and edited the Journal de l’agriculture in 1765–66 and the Éphémérides du citoyen from 1768 to 1772.
		Under the comte de Vergennes he was one of the diplomats in the long negotiations (1783) after the American Revolution, and he drew up a trade treaty (1786) with Great Britain that expressed his economic principles.
		The elder Du Pont returned to Napoleonic France in 1802, at which time Thomas Jefferson enlisted his aid in negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase.
	www.bartleby.com /65/du/DuPontde.html (242 words)

	Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours
		Du Pont devoted himself to the cause with zeal, and did more than any one else to give currency to the philanthropic doctrines of the school.
		Returning to France in 1802, Du Pont de Nemours was instrumental in promoting the treaty of 1803, by which Louisiana was sold to the United States.
		Victor Du Pont was a member of the Delaware legislature, and a director of the bank of the United States and lived in Delaware till his death.
	www.famousamericans.net /pierresamueldupontdenemours (1450 words)

	Du Pont Family History - Chateau Country
		Du Pont was appointed Secretary-General of the Assembly of Notables in 1787.
		Du Pont was imprisoned; he narrowly escaped the guillotine, thanks to the death of Robespierre on July 28, 1794.
		Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, patriarch of America’s closest clan to royalty, died in 1817 at age 77 after fighting a fire at the powder yard.
	www.chateaucountry.org /biographies.html (2061 words)

	DuPont Heritage: Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours
		Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) is today remembered in connection with the company founded by his son.
		But the elder du Pont was one of the most notable Frenchmen of his era in his own right.
		Pierre Samuel was the son of Samuel du Pont, a Paris watchmaker, and Anne de Montchanin.
	heritage.dupont.com /floater/fl_pierresamuel/floater.shtml (493 words)

	Academie
		Du Pont de Nemours, the founder of the dynasty was initially called Dupont He was ennobled in 1784 and became Du Pont, adding de Nemours once elected to the Constituent Assembly in 1789.
		In 1785 Du Pont participated with Lavoisier in the creation of the Agricultural Committee of Administration; later, he was one of the promoters of the Provincial Assemblies.
		Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, imprisoned just before Thermidor, escaped the guillotine thanks to Robespiérre's downfall and led a quiet tife from 1793 to 1799.
	www.academiecaen-scabl.com /anglais/dupont.htm (476 words)

	FAMILIAR RELATIONS> Introduction
		Du Pont de Nemours’s belief in the centrality of education to human happiness and to progress constituted his greatest blessing to his descendants.
		The institution that has been most transformed by du Pont philanthropy and has been the focus of attention from the greatest number of family members is the University of Delaware.
		We at the University salute members of the du Pont family on the occasion of the two-hundredth anniversary of their emigration to the United States, and we most heartily thank them for the many benefactions that are the subject of the narrative that follows
	www.udel.edu /PR/duPontFamily/internal_pages/intro_index.html (748 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Du Pont Pierre Samuel
		Du Pont, Pierre Samuel (1870-1954), American industrialist, the great-grandson of Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, born in Wilmington, Delaware, and...
		Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel (1739-1817), French economist, born in Paris.
		Monts, Pierre du Gua, Sieur de (1560?-1630?), French explorer and colonizer in North America.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /Du_Pont_Pierre_Samuel.html (144 words)

	Book illustrates du Pont family's long association with UD
		Lammot du Pont's collection of Native American artifacts, given by his son Willis, and the collection of minerals in the Irénée du Pont Mineral Room are exceptional, educational resources for students and the community," Hoffecker said.
		One of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours' first endeavors in America was to write a treatise on education, National Education in the United States of America, at the request of Vice President Thomas Jefferson.
		One of the influences behind the generosity of the du Ponts was a loyal alumnus of the Class of 1900, Hugh Rodney Sharp, who married Isabella Mathieu du Pont, the sister of Pierre S. du Pont.
	www.udel.edu /PR/UpDate/01/13/book.html (1078 words)

	Pierre Samuel Du Pont
		Du Pont worked as a chemist with the family's company, helping to develop smokeless powder.
		Pierre Samuel du PONT, IV - du PONT, Pierre Samuel, IV (1935—) du PONT, Pierre Samuel, IV, a Representative from...
		Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours - Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739–1817, French economist, one of the physiocrats.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/people/A0816379.html (275 words)

	Victor du Pont Papers1775-1827
		Victor du Pont (1767-1827), the eldest son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, first came to the United States in 1788 as part of the French diplomatic mission.
		Victor du Pont, the son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, was born in Paris on October 1, 1767.
		Series C are the letters of Gabrielle Josephine du Pont, primarily to her brother-in-law E.I. du Pont and his wife.
	www.hagley.lib.de.us /lmss2.htm (946 words)

	Du Pont, Eleuthère Irénée on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Paris, France; son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours.
		He was appointed (1822) a director of the Bank of the United States, and his judgment on developing industries and encouraging agriculture was often sought.
		Structures of corporate arts patronage between the World Wars: a case study of the corporate leader P. du Pont.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/DuP1ont-E1.asp (488 words)

	AllRefer.com - Samuel Francis Du Pont (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		As commander of the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron in the Civil War, Du Pont directed (Nov., 1861) the successful naval attack against Port Royal, S.C., for which he won a rear admiral's commission.
		The blockade Du Pont organized was generally successful, except at Charleston.
		Against Du Pont's advice the Dept. of the Navy ordered him to attack Charleston with ironclad monitors.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/DuPont-S.html (287 words)

	About Winterthur
		Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, sons Victor Marie and Eleuthère Irénée, and their families arrive in America.
		Jacques Antoine Bidermann, an investor in E. du Pont's company, and his wife, Evelina, a daughter of E. du Pont, purchase the property from the other siblings and begin construction on a twelve-room mansion.
		Henry Francis du Pont is born to Col. Henry Algernon and Pauline Foster du Pont.
	www.winterthur.org /about/history.asp?sub=chronology (407 words)

	Eleuthère Irénée du Pont and Sophie Dalmas du Pont Papers1785-1838
		Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, the son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, was born in Paris on June 24, 1771.
		During the 1810s, du Pont was active in the Society of the State of Delaware for the Promotion of American Manufacturers, where he lobbied Congress for high tariffs.
		Pierre Didier: extract from Didier's marriage contract from the minutes of the “Chancellerie du Consulat de la République française à Philadelphie”; copy of Didier's 1827 will, naming E. du Pont executor and heir to the balance of Didier's estate after debts and claims are settled.
	www.hagley.lib.de.us /lmss3.htm (2101 words)

	du Pont, Pierre-Samuel -- Encyclopædia Britannica (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Pierre-Samuel du Pont (q.v.), born in Paris, was one of the main writers of the physiocratic school of economics.
		An early member of the family founded the E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company in 1802 near Wilmington, Del., as a gunpowder manufacturing plant.
		Accuses Pierre of stereotyping and "ghettoizing" this genre and of poor journalism.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9031302 (758 words)

	Du Pont de Nemours Bio: The Online Library of Liberty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Du Pont de Nemours was interested in everything from the natural sciences to literature.
		Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours born in 1739, was the son of a Parisian clockmaker.
		He collaborated with provincial intendants such as Turgot in Limoges, and gained notoriety abroad among such rulers as Gustavus III of Sweden, Catherine II of Russia, the Margrave of Baden (who made him a counselor), and the king of Poland (who made him an education official).
	oll.libertyfund.org /Intros/DuPont.php (480 words)

	Jefferson, Du Pont de Nemours and Malone (1970) Correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and Pierre Samuel du Pont de ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Jefferson, Du Pont de Nemours and Malone (1970) Correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, 1798-1817
		Correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, 1798-1817
		The main work is a reprint of the 1930 ed., with Chinard's supplement, "Jefferson and the physiocrats," reprinted from The correspondence of Jefferson and du Pont de Nemours, published in 1931.
	www.getcited.org /pub/101893516 (73 words)

	Celebrating 200 Years: Du Pont Family Portraits
		Ever since Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours and his family emigrated to the United States from France in 1800, du Fonts have figured prominently in business, politics, philanthropy, science and society.
		Henriette Wyeth is represented by a fine portrait of Margaretta Lammot du Pont Greenewalt, as well as a portrait of four-year-old Eldon du Pont Homsey which imaginatively combines her interest in children and flowers.
		The Brandywine River Museum is proud to offer "The du Pont Family: Two Hundred Years of Portraits" as one of many events organized by museums and gardens in the Brandywine Valley to celebrate the history and influence of the du Pont family.
	www.tfaoi.com /aa/2aa/2aa4.htm (907 words)

	DuPont
		He was a son of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, and was born in Paris.
		When the French Revolution began, du Pont left the mills, and in 1791 he took charge of his father's printing business in Paris.
		In 1802 he established E. du Pont de Nemours and Company near Wilmington, Delaware, and began to manufacture gunpowder.
	home.att.net /~s.e.white.jr/DuPont.htm (539 words)

	1802: E.I. du Pont
		E.I. du Pont was the younger of two sons born to Paris watchmaker Pierre Samuel du Pont who, by the 1780s, had become a noted political economist, a rising government official, and an advocate of free trade.
		The du Ponts’ moderate political views proved a liability in revolutionary France.
		E.I. du Pont returned to France only once – in 1801 – to raise additional capital and to buy the latest powder-making equipment.
	heritage.dupont.com /touchpoints/tp_1802/depth.shtml (419 words)

	Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre-Samuel -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
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	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9322027 (801 words)

	AllRefer.com - Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours (Economics, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours, Economics, Biographies
		Pierre Samuel Du Pont de Nemours[pyer sAmUel´ dU pON du numOOr´] Pronunciation Key, 1739–1817, French economist, one of the physiocrats.
		Early in his career he attracted the attention of FranCois Quesnay and edited the Journal de l'agriculture in 1765–66 and the EphEmErides du citoyen from 1768 to 1772.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/DuPontde.html (357 words)

	Du Pont De Nemours, Pierre Samuel - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
		Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 1739-1817, French economist, one of the physiocrats
		and edited the Journal de l'agriculture in 1765-66 and the Éphémérides du citoyen from 1768 to 1772.
		He emerged into notice in the Directory, but disappointed with the course of events, he immigrated (1799) to the United States, where his son E. du Pont set up a powder mill.
	www.thehistorychannel.co.uk /site/search/search.php?word=DuPontde (407 words)

	AllRefer.com - EleuthEre IrEnEe Du Pont, (Business Leaders, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		At the age of 17, IrEnEe entered the royal gunpowderworks, where Lavoisier taught him the trade.
		After Lavoisier was forced to leave the plant, IrEnEe began managing (1791) his father's printing house, where the Du Ponts published counterrevolutionary pamphlets.
		In July, 1802, he began constructing his powderworks on Brandywine Creek, near Wilmington, Del. Despite lack of capital, IrEnEe continuously improved his gunpowder and plant and, within a few years, developed an extensive business (now E. du Pont de Nemours and Company).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/DuPont-E.html (339 words)

	Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel on Encyclopedia.com
		(pyĕr sämüĕl´ dü pôN de nemoor´), 1739-1817, French economist, one of the physiocrats.
		Early in his career he attracted the attention of François Quesnay and edited the Journal de l'agriculture in 1765-66 and the Éphémérides du citoyen from 1768 to 1772.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/DuP1ontde.asp (509 words)

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