Middletown transcript., 1909-01-30
SENATOR dupONr IN WASHINGTON
"A Noted Member of the Millionaire
Club" Saws ssThe Spectator

z f'0a, Saturday printed the following al
Y ticle regarding Senator Henry A. duPoni
y A noted member of the MillioDair
Il Club, as the Upper House is sometime
e called, is Senator DUPONT, of Delaware
who lives in style beitting bis grea
wealth, and with his daughter, Mrs
' Crowninshield, at the head of his house
i hold, entertains constantly. Mrs. Crown
inshield is as unlike her father, in ap
D pearanee at least, as it is possible fo
/ father and daughter to be unlike, bu
z there is the greatest sympathy between
/ them, and she is one of the most petteG
and spoiled among the rich women o
! to day. In the house the Senator re-
Gently purchased from the Wilkins estate
and which has been remodeled to meet
bis needs. her apartments are sumptuoui
enough for an empress, and the closets
or at least the suite of rooms for her elab.
orate wardrobe, are arranged on plan
that she herself sketched out, plan SO
excellent thatit could hardly be improved.
There is large apartment with a gallery,
well lighted and well ventilated, and
fitted with proper racks and hangers,
dress forms, hat rests, and trees. Special
spaces are allotted for the different yarie-
ties of costumes, the evening dresses to.
| gether, the tailored suits by themselves,
and SO on. Then there are shelves for
shoes and every possible convenience for
the proper storing of the gear and accout-
erments of fashionable woman of the
day. There could be no finer receptacle
for her outward splendor that has been
prepared for this petted daughter of the
Senator.
Senator duPont's proudest boast is that
his great-grandfather was Pierre Samuel
dupont de Nemours, that noted econo-
mist and statesman whose part in the
French Revolution and the period that
followed forms thrilling and romantic
story. Pierre dupont was born about
the middle Of the eighteenth century,
and had scarcely passed his majority
when he astonished the contemporary
writer's and thinkers by two monographs
on finance, wherein was first set forth
the doctrine OF currency. These pamph.
lets were so mastery in style, 90 conVinc-
ing, that they attracted the attention OF
the celebrated Quesny, physician to
Louis XIV and anoted political economist
and Of Turgot, who sought out the young
author and gave him both their protec-
tion and friendship. From this time du-
Pont took leading part in the political
affairs Of his country. He occupied var
ious offices, was Turgot's chief secretary
when that statesman was comptroller
general, and, because Of his vigilant oppo-
sition to the Jacobins, was finally marked
for the guillotine, but escaped to the
home of bis friend, the astronomer La.
lande, in the environs of Paris, and there,
hidden away in his observatory, be wrote
his "Philosophie de Punivers." He
could not escape his blood Thirsty enemies |
and was ultimately Imprisoned in La
Force, from which the death of Robes
pierre liberated him. The first use he |
made Of bis liberty was to again oppose |
the Jacobins, and again he was captured,
bis house and property burned, and he
threatened with transportation. This
continued persecution at last broke his |
spirit, and at the age of sixty be turned |
bis back on the country that he had |
fought and suffered for, and, with bis
children, sought an asylum in America,
where he was warmly received, and where
his advice and cooperation we're invoked
by the statesmen of that day. Mr.. du-
Points most important work for this
country was his agency in bringing about
the treaty by which Louisiana was sold
to, tie United States.
Senator duPont's father was Henry
dupont, his grandfather Eleuthere Irenee
dupont, son Of the famous DUPONT de
Nemours. Of the same family was Ad-
miral Samuel dupont, of the United States
navy. Admiral DUPONT will be remem.
bered for the gallant service be did on the
California coast, where he headed the
boats that entered the harbor of Mazatlan
when that fort was captured and where
he brought about the capture of San Jose
by his timely relief of Lieutenant Hey
wood and his marines, who were closely
besieged there. In the Civil War his
record, especially at its breaking out,
was meritorious one, and although his
attack on Fort Sumter was unsuccessful,
it was none the less gallant and warrant
ed by the conditions. His treatises on
the use of floating batteries for coast de- .
tense added much to his fame, and when
all is considered he was one of the most !,
officers in the early navy.
While his uncle was fighting on sea
Senator dupont, who had graduated at
head Of bis class at West Point, was
adding to the family fame on land
through bis service in the army from !
which be retired in 1875, having been i
breyeted many times 'for distinguished !
service, I" and having received the Con-
gessional medal for "most distinguished
and voluntary exposure 10 the
fire at critical moment" /,
II will be seen that the American
Points have maintained the high standard
and carried on the fine traditions Of tmir
French ancestor. and have been as patri.
otic in the service of their country as
their distinguished ancestor was in HE.
Louise dupont, daughter of the Senator,
married into family hardly less distin.
yuished than her own. Her husband is
Francis Crowninshield, son on Admiral
and Mary Bradford CroWninshieid, whose
progenitoE was Governor William Brad
lord, Of whom Mrs. Crownishield is
j direct descendant In she tenth genera
ion. Mrs. Crowninshield is talented
md prolific writer. and Is the author Of L
/ number Of books that have been not
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