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Timeline

Y/M/D	Person	Association	Description	Place	Locale	Event
1800/00/00			Banker Etienne Delessert heads the commission to select 4000 Merino sheep from a herd of 6000 in Spain to be sent to France per the Treaty of Basle.
1801/07/16	Eleuthere Irenee du Pont	Breeder	E I du Pont arrives in Philadelphia with machinery and Don Pedro - a full blooded merino ram. The three other rams were unable to survive detention at Portsmouth and rough seas during the long voyage.
1810/00/00	Eleuthere Irenee du Pont	Breeder	Samuel G Wright establishes a flock of purebred Spanish Merino sheep, purchased "in Company with Mr Dupont of Wilmington and others."	Merino Hill House and Farm	Wrightsville
1822/00/00	Samuel Gardiner Wright	Breeder	Samuel Wright, who kept a detailed journal of the progress of his Merino Sheep until 1822, sells about half of his 200 flock.	Merino Hill House and Farm	Wrightsville

Food Type	Meat