Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Significant name Lower Louviers and Chicken Alley Wilmington, DE
Significant name Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School Wilmington, DE
1801/07/16 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. Breeder Merino Sheep
1802/00/00 Home Jacob Broom House Winterthur, DE
1802/07/00 Eleuthere Irenee du Pont establishes a gunpowder mill on Brandywine Creek. Work Eleutherian Mills Wilmington, DE
1810/00/00 E I du Pont buys four tracts of land forming the nucleus of what later becomes Winterthur. Owner Winterthur Museum and Gardens Winterthur, DE
1810/00/00 Samuel G Wright establishes a flock of purebred Spanish Merino sheep, purchased "in Company with Mr Dupont of Wilmington and others." Breeder Merino Hill House and Farm Wrightsville Merino Sheep
1834/10/31 E I du Pont dies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and leaves the property to his children. He was buried in the Du Pont de Nemours Cemetery on the family property at 215 Bucks Road East, Wilmington, Delaware. Died Winterthur Museum and Gardens Winterthur, DE
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