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6 days ago · Pierre S. du Pont (1870–1954), American businessman and philanthropist, married his first cousin, Alice Belin, in 1915; Samuel Francis Du Pont (1803–1865), American rear admiral, and his first cousin, Sophie Madeleine du Pont; Andrew Jackson Donelson (1799–1871), American diplomat and his first cousin, Emily Donelson (1807–1836) E
2 days ago · Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware, gift of Henry Francis du Pont. ... American historians like George Bancroft in the 1870s and Samuel Bemis and Richard Morris in the 1930s and 1960s, ...
5 days ago · As a young French émigré, du Pont discovered that a good prospect for business in America would be the milling of gunpowder. Returning to Paris, he found investors, and on April 21, 1801, the articles of partnership were signed for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company.
2 days ago · Pope Pius XI - Wikipedia. Pope Pius XI ( Italian: Pio XI ), born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti [a] ( Italian: [amˈbrɔ:dʒo daˈmja:no aˈkille ˈratti]; 31 May 1857 – 10 February 1939), was the Bishop of Rome and supreme pontiff of the Catholic Church from 6 February 1922 to 10 February 1939.
3 days ago · Dupont Circle. Dupont Circle, located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington DC, is one of the most famous and cosmopolitan neighborhoods in the District. The neighborhood draws its name from Samuel Francis Du Pont, a Civil War Rear Admiral.
5 days ago · It reads “dedicated to God and Francis, the peace bestower.” Next to the inscription is a carved image of a wolf. The Church is built on the spot where, according to legend, St. Francis of Assisi (d. 1226) made a peace pact with a wolf that had been terrorizing the town of Gubbio.
4 days ago · In 1604 the French navigator Samuel de Champlain, under Pierre du Gua, sieur de Monts, who had received a grant of the monopoly, led a group of settlers to Acadia. He chose as a site Dochet Island (Île Sainte-Croix) in the St. Croix River, on the present boundary between the United States and Canada.
