The du Pont family () or Du Pont family is a prominent family descended from

Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours ( , ; 14 December 1739 – 7 August 1817) was a French-American writer, economist, publisher and government official. During the French Revolution, he, his two sons and their families migrated to the United ...

(1739–1817), a French minor aristocrat. Currently residing in the U.S. states of Delaware and Pennsylvania, the Du Ponts have been one of the country's richest families since the mid-19th century, when they founded their fortune in the

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business. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, they expanded their wealth through the

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and the

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, with substantial interests in the

DuPont Dupont, DuPont, Du Pont, duPont, or du Pont may refer to: People * Dupont (surname) Dupont, also spelled as DuPont, duPont, Du Pont, or du Pont is a French surname meaning "of the bridge", historically indicating that the holder of the surname re ...

company,

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, and various other corporations. Several former du Pont family estates are open to the public as museums, gardens or parks, such as

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Eleutherian Mills From 1802 to 1921, Eleutherian Mills was a gunpowder mill site used for the manufacture of explosives founded by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, which grew into the DuPont company. The name also refers to the house on the hill above the mills, wh ...

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, Mt. Cuba, and Goodstay. The family's interest in horticulture was brought to the United States by their immigrant progenitors from France and reinforced in later generations by avid gardeners who married into the family. As early as 1924, the du Ponts were recognized by Charles Sprague Sargent, the famed plantsman and director of Harvard's Arnold Arboretum, as "a family which has made the neighborhood of Wilmington, Delaware one of the chief centers of horticulture in the United States." The family's first American estate, Eleutherian Mills, located at

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, was preserved and restored by

Louise E. du Pont Crowninshield Louise Evelina du Pont Crowninshield (August 3, 1877 – July 11, 1958) was an American heiress, historic preservationist, and philanthropist. She was the great-granddaughter of Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, founder of E. I. du Pont de Nemours a ...

. She also helped to establish the

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in 1949. In recent years, the family has continued to be known for its association with political and business ventures, as well as philanthropic causes. Two family members were the subjects of well-publicized criminal cases.

John Eleuthère du Pont John Eleuthère du Pont (November 22, 1938 – December 9, 2010) was an American multimillionaire philanthropist and convicted murderer. Heir to the du Pont family fortune, he was a published ornithologist, philatelist, conchologist, and sports e ...

was convicted of murdering wrestling coach Dave Schultz. As of 2016, the family fortune was estimated at $14.3 billion, spread across more than 3,500 living relatives.

History

was the son of a Parisian watchmaker and a member of a Burgundian

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family. On his mother's side, he was a descendant of a minor

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. In 1800, he and his sons,

Victor Marie du Pont Victor Marie du Pont de Nemours (October 1, 1767 – January 30, 1827) was a French American diplomat, politician, and businessman. He was also a member of the Delaware General Assembly, the founder of the Du Pont, Bauduy & Co., wool manufacture ...

and

Éleuthère Irénée du Pont Éleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours ( , ; 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. His descendants, the du Pont family, ha ...

, migrated from France to the United States. He used the resources of their Huguenot heritage to found one of the most prominent of American families, and one of its most successful

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E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Dupont, DuPont, Du Pont, duPont, or du Pont may refer to: People * Dupont (surname), a surname of French origin * Du Pont family, one of the wealthiest families in the United States Companies * DuPont, one of the world's largest chemical compani ...

, initially established by Éleuthère Irénée as a gunpowder manufacturer. In 1802, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont established a

mill on the banks of the

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near

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. The location, named

, provided all the necessities to operate the mill: a water flow sufficient to power it, available timber (mainly

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trees) that could be turned into

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fine enough to use for gunpowder, and close proximity to the

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to allow for shipments of

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and

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, the other ingredients used in the manufacture of gunpowder. There were also nearby stone quarries to provide needed building materials. Over time, the Du Pont company grew into the largest black powder manufacturing firm in the world. The family remained in control of the company up to the 1960s, and family trusts still own a substantial amount of the company's stock. This and other companies run by the du Pont family employed up to 10 percent of Delaware's population at its peak. In the 19th century, the Du Pont family maintained their family wealth by carefully arranged marriages between

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which, at the time, was the norm for many families. The family played a large part in politics during the 18th and 19th centuries and assisted in negotiations for the Treaty of Paris and the

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. Both T. Coleman and

Henry A. du Pont Henry Algernon du Pont (July 30, 1838 – December 31, 1926) was an American military officer, businessman, and politician from Delaware. A member of the du Pont family, he graduated first in his class from West Point shortly after the beginn ...

served as U.S. senators.

Pierre S. du Pont, IV Pierre Samuel "Pete" du Pont IV (January 22, 1935 – May 8, 2021) was an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 68th governor of Delaware from 1977 to 1985. A member of the Republican Party, he was the United State ...

served as Governor of Delaware. The family has played an important role in historic preservation and land conservation, including helping to found the

, preserving President

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's home Montpelier, and establishing numerous museums such as

and the

Delaware Museum of Natural History The Delaware Museum of Nature & Science (DMNH, formerly Delaware Museum of Natural History) is a museum located in Wilmington, Delaware. The museum was founded in 1957 by John Eleuthere du Pont near Greenville, Delaware; it opened in 1972 on a s ...

. The Brandywine Conservancy, founded by family member

George Alexis Weymouth George Alexis Weymouth (June 2, 1936 – April 24, 2016), better known as Frolic Weymouth, was an American artist, whip or stager, and conservationist. He served on the United States Commission of Fine Arts in the 1970s and was a member of the ...

, owns around of land in Pennsylvania and Delaware, and owns permanent conservation easements on an additional . In 2013,

Lammot du Pont Copeland Lammot du Pont Copeland (May 19, 1905 – July 1, 1983) was an American businessman. Early life Copeland was the great-great-grandson of DuPont's founder, Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, and he served as the company's 11th president from 1962 to ...

's Mt. Cuba Center contributed over $20 million to purchase land for donation to the federal government, to form the

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. Beginning with William du Pont, Jr. and his sister,

Marion duPont Scott Marion duPont Scott (May 3, 1894 – September 4, 1983) was a thoroughbred horsebreeder who operated a racing stable for both flat and steeplechase racing. She was the last private owner of Montpelier, the mansion and land estate of former Unit ...

, many members of the Du Pont family have been involved in the breeding and racing of

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racehorses, as well as establishing racehorse venues and training tracks, including Delaware Park and Fair Hill, Maryland. While most Du Ponts are members of the Episcopal Church,

was a

Spelling of the name

The stylings "du Pont" and "Du Pont" are most prevalent for the family name in published, copy-edited writings. In many publications, the styling is "du Pont" when quoting an individual's full name and "Du Pont" when speaking of the family as a whole. Some individual Du Ponts have chosen to style it differently, such as

Samuel Francis Du Pont Samuel Francis Du Pont (September 27, 1803 – June 23, 1865) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and a member of the prominent Du Pont family. In the Mexican–American War, Du Pont captured San Diego, and was made commander of the Ca ...

. The name of the chemical company founded by the family is today styled solid as "

" in the short form. The long form is styled as E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. The stylings "Du Pont" and "DuPont" for the company's short name coexisted in the 20th century, but the latter is now consistently used in the company's branding. The solid styling "duPont" is less common. The

Nemours Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware is a pediatric hospital located in Wilmington, Delaware. It is operated by the Nemours Foundation, a non-profit organization created through the last will and testament of philanthropist Alfred I. du Pont by h ...

uses it, as does the duPont Registry. William S. Dutton's mid-20th-century history of the family business uses "Du Pont" both for the family mentioned generally and for the company's short name, but "du Pont" in an individual's full name, for example, "

", "

Henry du Pont Henry du Pont (August 8, 1812 – August 8, 1889) was an American military officer and businessman from Delaware, and a member of the Du Pont family. Early life and education Du Pont was born at Eleutherian Mills, Wilmington, Delaware, the s ...

", " Alfred Victor du Pont", " Lammot du Pont". For example, "when he ammot du Pontwent to General Henry du Pont with the proposal that the Du Ponts manufacture dynamite, he was answered by a blunt and unqualified 'No!'") The first page of Dutton's monograph contains the following footnote about the surname's styling. The mention of "Samuel Dupont" here refers to the 18th-century Parisian watchmaker, not to his 19th-century descendant: "Samuel Dupont used this form of the family name .e., Dupont but beginning in 1763 his son signed himself 'Du Pont.' Later, he added 'de Nemours' to his name to prevent confusion with two other Duponts in the

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. Du Pont, in English, is pronounced with the accent on the second syllable. In French, neither syllable is accented." French orthographic tradition for the styling of ''de'', or its inflected forms, as a surname particle, in either nobiliary or non-nobiliary form, is discussed at '' Nobiliary particle § France''. In non-nobiliary form, the prevalent French styling of the name is "

Dupont Dupont, DuPont, Du Pont, duPont, or du Pont may refer to: People * Dupont (surname) Dupont, also spelled as DuPont, duPont, Du Pont, or du Pont is a French surname meaning "of the bridge", historically indicating that the holder of the surname re ...

". Thus the choice by Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours to begin styling himself so during the monarchical era hints at social ambition. Today the influence of French orthography and prerevolutionary class structure on how

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styles surnames today is outweighed by how families and individuals so named style themselves.

Alphabetical list of selected descendants of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours

Below is an alphabetical listing of selected members of the family.

Family tree

The following list is not a complete

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, but is ordered by descent to show the familial relationships between members of the du Pont family throughout history.

Network

Associates

The following is a list of figures closely aligned with or subordinate to the du Pont family. * Edward Ball * Thomas F. Bayard Jr. *

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Jacques Antoine Bidermann Jacques Antoine Bidermann (April 17, 1790 – June 8, 1865), also known as James Antoine Bidermann, was an American businessman of French and Swiss origins who became the business partner and son-in-law of Éleuthère Irénée du Pont. He married ...

* Lucius M. Boomer *

Donaldson Brown Frank Donaldson Brown (February 1, 1885 – October 2, 1965) was an American financial executive and corporate director with both DuPont and General Motors Corporation. He is the originator of DuPont analysis, a widely used technique in fi ...

* C. Douglass Buck *

Wallace Carothers Wallace Hume Carothers (; April 27, 1896 – April 29, 1937) was an American chemist, inventor, and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, who was credited with the invention of nylon. Carothers was a group leader at the DuPont Experimen ...

* R. R. M. Carpenter * Walter S. Carpenter Jr. *

Theophilus P. Chandler Jr. Theophilus Parsons Chandler Jr. (September 7, 1845 – August 16, 1928) was an American architect of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He spent his career at Philadelphia, and is best remembered for his churches and country houses. He fou ...

* Uma Chowdhry *

Marian Cruger Coffin Marian Cruger Coffin (September 16, 1876 – February 2, 1957) was an American landscape architect who became famous for designing numerous gardens for members of the East Coast of the United States, East Coast elite. As a child, she received al ...

* Thomas M. Connelly * William D. Denney * Herbert S. Eleuterio * Linda Fisher * Crawford Greenewalt *

Charles O. Holliday Charles Otis "Chad" Holliday, Jr. (born March 9, 1948) is an American businessman, former chairman of Royal Dutch Shell, former chairman of Bank of America, former chief executive officer and a former director of E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co ...

* Edward G. Jefferson *

Ellen J. Kullman Ellen J. Kullman (born January 22, 1956) is a United States Executive officer, business executive. Since November 2019, she has been the chief executive officer of Carbon (company). She was formerly Chairman, Chair and Chief executive officer, Chi ...

James Lynah James Lynah (1881 – February 24, 1956) was an American businessman and sports administrator who is considered the principal founder of the Eastern College Athletic Conference. Lynah Rink, an indoor ice hockey rink on the campus of Cornell ...

* James P. Mills * Hugh M. Morris * William Dale Phillips *

John J. Raskob John Jakob Raskob, KCSG (March 19, 1879 – October 15, 1950) was a financial executive and businessman for DuPont and General Motors, and the builder of the Empire State Building. He was chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1928 ...

* Donald P. Ross * Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. *

Willard Saulsbury Jr. Willard Saulsbury Jr. (April 17, 1861 – February 20, 1927) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Democratic Party who served as U.S. Senator from Delaware and Presid ...

Irving S. Shapiro Irving Saul Shapiro (July 15, 1916 – September 13, 2001) was an American lawyer and businessman, best known for being the first lawyer to become CEO of DuPont. Shapiro served as DuPont chairman from December 1973 to 1981. In 1987, he took over l ...

* William H. Shaw *

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Newton Steers Newton Ivan Steers Jr. (January 13, 1917 – February 11, 1993), was a U.S. Congressman who represented Maryland's 8th congressional district from January 3, 1977, to January 3, 1979. Early life Newton Ivan Steers Jr. was born on January 13, 1 ...

Businesses

The following is a list of businesses in which the du Pont family held a controlling or otherwise substantial interest. *

Bellevue-Stratford Hotel The Bellevue-Stratford Hotel is a landmark building at 200 S. Broad Street (Philadelphia), Broad Street at the corner of Walnut Street (Philadelphia), Walnut Street in Center City, Philadelphia, Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Construct ...

Central Coal and Iron Company The Central Coal and Iron Company was a 19th-century coal company in the western Kentucky coalfields. It was managed by the Louisville branch of the Du Pont family, including Alfred V. du Pont, Alfred Victor's youngest son Bidermann and his son T. ...

Conoco Conoco ( ), formerly known as Continental Oil, is an American Petroleum industry, petroleum brand that is operating under the current ownership of the Phillips 66 Company since 2012 and is headquartered in the Westchase, Houston, Westchase neigh ...

*''Delaware Trust Company'' * DuPont de Nemours, Inc. *

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* Fair Hill Training Center *

Florida East Coast Railway The Florida East Coast Railway is a Class II railroad operating in the U.S. state of Florida, currently owned by Grupo México. Built primarily in the last quarter of the 19th century and the first decade of the 20th century, the FEC was a p ...

Florida National Bank Florida National Bank (FNB), founded in 1905, was the second largest commercial bank in Florida. Florida National Group was acquired in 1990 by First Union Corporation, which was renamed Wachovia in 2001; Wachovia was subsequently acquired by Well ...

* Hercules Powder Company *''Hickory Tree Farm & Stable'' *

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Indian Motocycle Manufacturing Company Indian Motorcycle (or ''Indian'') is an American brand of motorcycles owned and produced by automotive manufacturer Polaris Inc.

*''Nemours Trading Corporation'' *

National Bank of Detroit The National Bank of Detroit (NBD), later renamed NBD Bank, was a bank that operated mostly in the Midwestern United States. Following its merger with First National Bank of Chicago, the bank was ultimately acquired and merged into Bank One, at w ...

*''

The News Journal ''The News Journal'' is a daily newspaper in Wilmington, Delaware. It is headquartered in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, near New Castle, and is owned by Gannett. History The ancestry of the News Journal reflects the mergers of ...

'' *

North American Aviation North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer that designed and built several notable aircraft and spacecraft. Its products included the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F- ...

Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. The Phillies compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. Since 2004, the team's home stadium has ...

Piasecki Helicopter Corporation The Piasecki Helicopter Corporation was an American designer and manufacturer of helicopters in Philadelphia and nearby Morton, Pennsylvania, in the late 1940s and the 1950s. Its founder, Frank Piasecki, was ousted in 1956 and started a new co ...

Remington Arms Company Remington Arms Company, LLC, was an American manufacturer of firearms and ammunition. It was formerly owned by the Remington Outdoor Company, which went bankrupt in 2020 with its lines of business sold to several purchasers. Two resulting com ...

St. Joe Company The St. Joe Company is a land development company headquartered in Panama City Beach, Florida. Founded in 1936 and until 1966 known as St. Joe Paper Company, the company still operates a forestry division but is primarily engaged in real estate ...

US Airways US Airways was a major airline in the United States. It was originally founded in History of aviation in Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh as a mail delivery airline called All American Aviation, which soon became a commercial passenger airline. In 1953, it ...

United States Rubber Company Uniroyal, formerly known as the United States Rubber Company, is an American manufacturer of tires and other synthetic rubber-related products, as well as variety of items for military use, such as ammunition, explosives, chemical weapons and op ...

* Victorine & Samuel Homsey * Wilmington Trust * yet2.com

Philanthropy and nonprofit organizations

* Alfred I. duPont Testamentary Trust *

American Liberty League The American Liberty League was an American political organization formed in 1934. Its membership consisted primarily of wealthy business elites and prominent political figures, who were for the most part conservatives opposed to the New Deal of P ...

*''Camp Rodney'' (

Boy Scouts of America Scouting America is the largest scouting organization and one of the largest List of youth organizations, youth organizations in the United States, with over 1 million youth, including nearly 200,000 female participants. Founded as the Boy Sco ...

) *''Chichester Dupont Foundation'' *

*''DuPont-MIT Alliance'' *

Jessie Ball duPont Fund The Jessie Ball duPont Fund, "Florida's leading national foundation", is a charitable foundation that issues grants to organizations that received support from Jessie Ball duPont between 1960 and 1964. When she died on September 26, 1970, the b ...

* Kennett High School * Longwood Foundation * Marion duPont Scott Equine Medical Center *

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware is a pediatric hospital located in Wilmington, Delaware. It is operated by the Nemours Foundation, a non-profit organization created through the last will and testament of philanthropist Alfred I. du Pont b ...

Nemours Foundation The Nemours Foundation is a non-profit organization in Jacksonville, Florida, created through the last will and testament of philanthropist Alfred I. du Pont by his widow Jessie Ball duPont in 1936, and dedicated to improving the health of c ...

New Bolton Center New Bolton Center is the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine's 700 acre campus in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. It is home to one of the busiest large animal teaching veterinary clinics in the nation. Since 1958, it has been ...

Phi Kappa Sigma Phi Kappa Sigma (), also known as Phi Kap, Skulls, Skullhouse, or PKS, is an international all-male college secret society and social fraternity. Commonly known as “Skulls”, the name is inspired by the skull and crossbones on the fraternity ...

Population Action International Population Action International (PAI) is an international, civil society organization that uses research and advocacy to improve global access to family planning and reproductive health care. Its mission is to "advance universal access to sexual ...

*''Springfield Foundation, Inc.'' * St. Andrew's School * Thouron Scholars Program *''Unidel Foundation'' *''Zip Code Wilmington''

Buildings, estates and historic landmarks

Bellevue State Park (Delaware) Bellevue State Park is a public recreation area overlooking the Delaware River in the suburbs of Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware, United States. The state park is named for Bellevue Hall, the former mansion of William du Pont Jr. ...

Brandywine Creek State Park Brandywine Creek State Park is a public recreation area located north of Wilmington, Delaware along the Brandywine Creek. The state park is in area and much of the park was part of a Du Pont family estate and dairy farm before becoming a stat ...

Delaware Park Racetrack Delaware Park (also known as ''DelPark'') is an American Thoroughbred horse racing track, casino, and golf course in Stanton, Delaware. It is located just outside the city of Wilmington, Delaware, Wilmington, and about 30 miles from Philadelphia ...

DuPont Building The DuPont Building, occupying the entire block bound by 10th, 11th, Orange, and Market streets, was one of the first high-rises in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. It looks out over Rodney Square. The building was built in phases, with the o ...

* DuPont-Guest Estate * DuPont Highway * DuPont Village Historic District *

Epping Forest Epping Forest is a area of ancient woodland, and other established habitats, which straddles the border between Greater London and Essex. The main body of the forest stretches from Epping in the north, to Chingford on the edge of the Lond ...

* Fairlee Manor Camp House *

* Dupont historic sites along Delaware Rte. 141 *

Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 102-story, Art Deco-style supertall skyscraper in the Midtown South neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City, United States. The building was designed by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and built from 1930 to 1931. Its n ...

Louviers (Wilmington, Delaware) Louviers, also known as Upper Louviers and Black Gates, was a historic home located at Wilmington in New Castle County, Delaware. History The original section was built in 1833 as a two-story stone dwelling measuring 31 feet, 8 inches wide and ...

* Lower Louviers and Chicken Alley * Montpelier * Mt. Cuba Center *

Nemours Mansion and Gardens The Nemours Estate is a country estate with '' jardin à la française'' formal gardens and a French neoclassical mansion in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Built to resemble a French château, its 105 rooms on four floors occupy nearly . ...

* Owl's Nest Country Place *''Ruth Wales du Pont Sanctuary'' * Stockton-Montmorency * Strand Millas and Rock Spring * Owl's Nest Country Place * Wilmington Trust Company Bank *

Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library is an American estate and museum in Winterthur, Delaware. Winterthur houses one of the richest collections of Americana in the United States. The museum and estate were the home of Henry Francis du Pont ...

References

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External links

Dominick Dunne's "Maternal Instinct" - Lisa Dean, greatgrandaughter of Lammont du Pont - murder for hire
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