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Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel,--1739-1817, Du Pont family, France--History--18th century, Intellectuals--France--Biography.
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1984
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DC131.9.D85A3413 1984eb
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944.04/092/4
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Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel,--1739-1817, Du Pont family, France--History--18th century, Intellectuals--France--Biography.
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The Autobiography of Du Pont de Nemours
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From the engraving published in 1790
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The Autobiography of Du Pont de Nemours
Translated and with an Introduction by Elizabeth Fox-Genoverse
Scholarly Resources Inc. Wilmington, Delaware
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1984 by Scholarly Resources Inc. All rights reserved First published 1984 Printed and bound in the United States of America
Scholarly Resources Inc. 104 Greenhill Avenue Wilmington, Delaware 19805
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 17391817. The autobiography of Du Pont de Nemours. Translation of: L'enfance et la jeunesse de Du Pont de Nemours, racontes par lui-mme. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Du Pont de Nemours, Pierre Samuel, 17391817. 2. Du Pont family. 3. FranceHistory18th century. 4. IntellectualsFranceBiography. I. Title. DC131.9.D85A3413 1984 944.04'092'4 [B] 84-10645 ISBN 0842021329
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For Ted, en souvenir de nos enfances entrelaces
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Contents
Preface
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Introduction
1
Memoirs of Pierre Samuel du Pont Addressed to His Children
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1. What I Know of My Paternal Family.
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2. What I Know of My Maternal Family.
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3. My Father and Mother.
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4. My First Childhood.
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5. My Stay with M. Viard, and What My Studies Were.
129
6. My Second Studies in Metaphysics, Mathematics and Military Art in the Paternal House. Support and Counsels that My Mother Gave Me. I Lose Her at Sixteen.
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7. Situation in Which I Remain in My Father's House. Kindnesses of M. d'Argenson, the Philosopher, to Me. Break between My Father and Me. Our Separation.
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8. My Poverty. My Vexations. My Disgusts; My Projects to Get Out From Under Them.
171
9. I Finally Learn Clockmaking to Acquire the Means of Forsaking It. How I also Study Medicine. Obligations That I Incur to M. Barbeu du Bourg. Why I Abandoned These Studies, Which I Enjoyed.
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10. At What I Spent My Time After I Left Medicine Until the Beginning of My Political Career. My Friend de Pradt; Our Projects; Mademoiselle Le De. How She Contributed to Settling My Destiny.
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11. My First Steps in My New Career and Their Little Success. M. de Choiseul. Services That the Abb de Voisenon and M. Poissonnier Rendered Me.
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12. My First Rural Studies. I Have Two Brochures Printed Which Lead Me to Find a Few Protectors and Some Instructors. M. Mliand. M. de Mirabeau, the Friend of Mankind, Voltaire. M. Quesnay is Gracious Enough to Seek Me Out and I Give Myself to Him.
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13. M. Quesnay. His Doctrine: The Point to Which He Had Brought it Before I Attached Myself to Him.
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14. The Intimacy with Which M. Quesnay Honored Me. Small Annoyances That M. Abeille Caused Me. My Part in the General Administration of the Intendancy of Soissons. My Book on the Export and Import of Grain. My Stay at Bignon. Mirabeau the Son. Mme de Pompadour's Projects and What She Intended to Do For Me. Illness and Death of This Lady. Abandon Into Which This Death Threw M. Quesnay and His Student.
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15. M. Turgot Becomes Friendly Toward Me. MM de Trudaine Give Me Work on His Recommendation and Treat Me Kindly. M. de Fourqueux. I Enter the World. I Lose Time There. How I Withdraw. Advice That M. Quesnay Gives Me. I Am Employed to Undertake the Description of the Generality of Soissons.
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