Bulletin - United States National Museum (1964) (14780495401)

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Title: Bulletin - United States National Museum

Year: 1877 (1870s)

Authors: United States National Museum Smithsonian Institution United States. Dept. of the Interior

Subjects: Science

Publisher: Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, (etc.) for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt Print. Off.

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he country.Du Pont de Nemours correspondence confirms Klinkowstrom and gives insight into Cardons person-ality, which was apparently that of a young aristocrat suddenly stripped of rank and prestige andforced to work for a living for the first time in his life. Cardons personal life on the Brandywine is as obscure as his early life in France. From the businessrecords of A. Cardon and Company one is able to draw a fair picture of Cardon the business man,for the years spent on the Brandywine. After 1825, Cardon moved to Harrisburg, where he investedin a tannery and later in an ironworks. The meager evidence uncovered indicates that he and hisfamily hoped to return to Europe in 1833, thus turning their backs on the New World as well as ontheir many creditors. As late as 1837, Cardon was still in this country. In addition to Scott, materialrelating to Cardon may be found in the Old Stone Office Records, and in the LongwoodMSS, Eleutherian Mills Historical Library, Greenville, Delaware. 53

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■lA.N.M.l..^ ruiVAIl. MLliV AMI LA Hlllt ATi IKV . Figure 20.—Management and Labor, 1850. No pictorial record survives forCardons tannery. David H. Kennedys Art of Tanning Leather includes en- Cardon de Sandrans that concerned him. Cardon was apparentlyunhappy in America and as early as July 24, 1815, he was think-ing of returning to Europe.^^^ As du Fonts secretary, he hadbeen earning only about fifteen dollars a month, and his plans foropening a calico-printing factory had been abortive.^^^ The arrival of another emigrant eager to succeed in the NewWorld soon changed Cardons plans. In August, Madame du ■ du Pont de Nemours to wife, letter no. 8, July 24, 1815, Longwood MSS, access. 47, EleutherianMills Historical Library. ■•^ Ibid., June 25, July 24, 1815. Cardon had planned to enter the textile venture with J. A.Bidermann. Young Bidermann, son of a French banker, had come to Delaware in 1814 as a repre-sentative of the du Pont Companys European investors, who were concern

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