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Charles Irénée du Pont (March 29, 1797 – January 31, 1869) was an American manufacturer and politician, and an early member of the prominent du Pont family business. He was a nephew of Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, the founder of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, and a member of the Delaware Senate.
Charles Irènée du Pont, the son of Victor Marie and Gabrielle Josephine du Pont, was born in 1797. His first wife was Dorcas Montgomery Van Dyke (lived 1806-1838), the daughter of a United States senator from Delaware ; the Marquis de Lafayette attended their wedding.
Sep 16, 2014 · Du Pont Dynasty introduces many colorful characters, including “General” Henry du Pont, who profited from the Civil War to build the Gunpowder Trust, one of the first corporate monopolies;...
Neoprene and Du Pont Research, 1930-1939 JOHN K. SMITH On November 3, 1931, the Du Pont Company announced that its chemists had prepared a new substance resembling natural rubber in composition and structure but having some superior properties, such as resistance to degradation by oil and gasoline.' Later it was found to
The principal holdings in the Du Pont descendants' and allied families' papers (Accession LMSS.IV) collection are for Amelia Elizabeth du Pont (1796-1869) and Charles Irénée du Pont (1797-1869), children of Victor du Pont, and Charles's wife, Dorcas Van Dyke (1806-1838), as well as for Victorine du Pont Bauduy (1792-1861), Alfred Victor du ...
The E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company built its first gunpowder mills in America in 1802. The du Pont family was closely involved in the lives of the powder mill employees, both at work and outside of the powder yards.
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Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours (/ dj uː ˈ p ɒ n t, ˈ dj uː p ɒ n t / dew-PONT, DEW-pont, [1] French: [eløtɛʁ iʁene dy pɔ̃ d(ə) nəmuʁ]; 24 June 1771 – 31 October 1834) was a French-American chemist and industrialist who founded the gunpowder manufacturer E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company.
