French-American connections in Delaware?
The history of Delaware is different from that of many others. The state is named after an English noble family:
An important company in Delaware, DuPont, was founded by a French chemist and industrialist
About the founder of the dynasty, there is:
From the Wiki of the du Pont family
A critical note: The
Treaty of Paris took place in 1783, and the
Lousiana Purchase was in 1803, so how they helped with the first before they even arrived in the US is not clear. There is still some money left with the family:
The Du Pont wiki lists connected families. One of them is also French, about the
Bayard family, there is:
The Bayards and the du Ponts appear in the Category: American families of French ancestry
The above families also appear in the Category: Families from Delaware. Another of those is the Biden family.
Joe Biden moved to Delaware when he was around 10, and later became Senator, representing the state for more than 35 years, followed by being Vice President for eight years. Later, after the first Trump presidency, Biden was, at least officially, President for four years.
What this means is that whether we take it from the French family connection though the du Pont family or the diplomatic lines to the Democrats and the Biden network,
Delaware is strong point. While not a village, with a population of just over a million, it is a place where people in power are likely to know each. Besides, it is not far from Washington:
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While looking up
French Americans there was this map which also shows the above area, if one looks out for Baltimore and Philadelphia:
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