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Manufacturer, politician. 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.
- 1801-1802 Company Organized
- 1801 Land Purchased
- 1802-1803 Construction Begins and Manufacturing Commences
- 1804-1805 First Powder Sale and Sales Agents Hired
- 1813 Land Purchase and Expansion
- 1817 Death of P.S. Du Pont de Nemours
- 1818 The "Great Explosion"
- 1834 Death of E. I. Du Pont
The powder company of E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. was organized in Paris in 1801 and incorporated in the United States in 1802. Eleuthère Irénée du Pont was authorized to construct the mills and administer the business. Image: painting of Eleuthère Irénée du Pon t by Rembrandt Peale.
Du Pont purchased property from Jacob Broom on the Brandywine River near Wilmington, Delaware to build his gunpowder manufactory. Image: 1816 Fairlamb survey of lands E. I. du Pont purchased from Jacob Broom.
DuPont began construction of his gunpowder factory, which he named Eleutherian Mills, in the summer of 1802. Eleutherian Mills began operation one year later. Image: Charles Dalmas' sketch of Eleutherian Mills, 1806. This is the first known drawing of DuPont's gunpowder factory
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company recorded its first sale on May 16, 1804. Sales agents were hired to sell and market powder locally in cities throughout the United States. These agents would play an important role in the success of the company. Image: Page from a DuPont Company account book, 1811.
DuPont purchased 62-acres of land adjacent to Eleutherian Mills to build a new powder yard, which was called Hagley Yard. Why did they call it Hagley? The Delaware "Hagley" most likely took its name from an English estate that was well-known in the eighteenth century. There is no other recorded use of that name in either Europe or North America. Th...
Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours died at Eleutherian Mills on August 7, 1817, after helping fight a fire in the factory. He was the first du Pont to die as a result of a powder yard accident. Images: Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours by Rembrandt Peale.
The "Great Explosion" on March 19, 1818 killed 34 people and was one of the most devastating for the Company. Image: Layout of the Eleutherian Mills by Gabriel Denizot. Many of the buildings shown here were destroyed in the 1818 explosion.
Founder E.I. du Pont died in Philadelphia on October 31, 1834. Alfred Victor, E.I.'s son, became the head of the Company. Image: Alfred Victor du Pont (1798-1856).
The du Pont family (English: / duːˈpɒnt /) [1] or Du Pont family is a prominent American family descended from Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739–1817). It has been one of the richest families in the United States since the mid-19th century, when it founded its fortune in the gunpowder business.
This page offers access to all of Hagley Library's digital collections that are primarily related to the DuPont Company and du Pont family. This is not a comprehensive look at the library's collections on the company and family; many of our collections have not been digitized.
The Du Pont descendants and allied families are the children of brothers Victor Marie du Pont (1767-1827) and Éleuthère Irénée "E.I." du Pont (1771–1834), as well as their grandchildren and relatives through marriage.
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 Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, the founder of the E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, and a member of the Delaware General Assembly. Early life
- Significance: The Charles I. du Pont House is directly associated with the industries of Henry Clay Village, a nineteenth century industrial village, and is a good example of nineteenth century residential architecture that housed both a mill owner and later mill operatives.
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