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WilmingtonWilmington was named by some of William Penn's Quakers, who laid out the present city in 1731. the settlement, administered by wealthy Quakers, grew into an important market and shipping center. Industrial growth followed, stimulated by Wilmington's accessibility to other eastern ports and the abundant water power in the Brandywine River Valley. In the early 19th century Wilmington attracted Eleuthere Irenee du Pont and his two sons, who intended to finance a colony based upon utopian ideas. Seeing a need for high-quality gunpowder, however, the du Ponts abandoned their original plan and in 1803 their new Eleytherian Mills produced the first barrel of Du Pont gun powder. The du Pont influence was instrumental in shaping Delaware's largest city into a leading industrial, financial and shipping hub. |
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