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Èleuthère
Irénée Du Pont de Nemours
immigrated to the United States from France in
1799. In 1802, he established a mill in Delaware
that had become the largest manufacturer of
gunpowder in the country by 1811. |
Elizabeth
Patterson Bonaparte was, for a
couple of years, the sister-in-law of Napoleon
Bonaparte, Emperor of France. Unfortunately,
Napoleon did not agree with her marriage to his
younger brother, and had the marriage annulled. |
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