On Wednesday, November 5, 2014, Hagley welcomed renowned Jefferson scholar Dr. Barbara B. Oberg as she delivered her lecture, "Decidedly of a Rare Order: Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, Eleuthère Irénée du Pont de Nemours, and Thomas Jefferson."

Dr. Oberg is Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer and Professor at Princeton University and is General Editor Emerita of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson.

Banner image: Correspondence, Thomas Jefferson to Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours, November 1st 1803. Click to view the letter in the Hagley Digital Archives