Peter Stephen Du Ponceau - Tumblr Posts

YEESH...

Sorry Pierre, we still aren't there yet.

(Du Ponceau's Book, "American Law: The formative years: A dissertation on the nature and extent of the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States.")

Ririririririiriii I'm sorry my angel we're tryingggggg

ah fuck man can I have some of that uhmmm

*checks notes*

fried manumission abolitionist

fried bastard orphan

fried obnoxious and disliked congressman

fried baronussy wussy

fried crossdressing sailor

fried trans French diplomat

fried Philadelphia lawyer and certified twink

fried terrible queen

fried slave owning redhead

fried mini french aristocrat

fried VERY mini former president

fried tired commander-in-chief

fried fairly normal president

Aw cool, thanks dawg.

hey man i took your blorbo and scrambled him in a bowl. yeah he's on the pan now. yeag i added some seasoning. yeah im eating him now

OMG PRETTY BOY

LOOK WHO IT ISSSS OMGGGG

Wanna hear something shocking?

I,

OUT OF ALL PEOPLE,

HAVENT READ WASHINGTON'S GAY GENERAL.

I just got my hands on it and will update!!!!

(also when I typed will, the two autocorrect options were William and Wilhelm, so Yuh. I am so proud of myself teehee.)

*crawling into your inbox again hehe*

more Duponceau from Washington's gay general??

pleaspleaspelaspleapsleapsleapslepalspelapsleaseplease he is the silliest he is ben franklin with the key and the kite DUPONCEAU DOESN'T GET TALKED ABOUT ENOUGH

plus he looks so pretty in the artstyle hehe

HAIL YUH OMG ID BE HONORRDDD

YUSSSS

OKAY I LITERALLY FOLDED EVERY DUPONCEAU PAGE AAAAA

Okay yayayay

In order:

silly bOi and azor shivering in the corner

Tired silly boi

SILLY BOI BIOGRAPHYY?!?!?

(chokes and collapses)

I SHALL RETURN WITH MORE PWETYY BOI...

Later

✨vanishes like the fine morning mist✨

GUESS WHAT!?

In 2 days ..

DU PONCEAU'S BIRTHDAY!!!! THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN OMG

(there's been A LOT of Du Ponceau on my acc lately-)

IMPORTANT!!!!

TOMORROW, JUNE 3RD, IS THE BIRTHDAY OF PIERRE-ETIÉNNE/PETER-STEPHEN DU PONCEAU!!!!

DU PONCEAU WAS A FRENCH-AMERICAN LINGUIST AND LAWYER, AS WELL AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY!!! HE WAS THE FIRST MAJOR WESTERN LINGUIST TO STUDY ASIAN AND INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES, AND EVEN COINED TWO MAJOR LINGUISTIC TERMS STILL USED TODAY!!! DU PONCEAU WAS ALSO HEAVILY SPECULATED TO HAVE BEEN BISEXUAL, AND TOMORROW IS BISEXUAL PRIDE DAY!!! EVERYONE TOLD HIM TO WRITE AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, BUT HE DIDNT, BECAUSE HE THOUGHT HE WASNT WORTH REMEMBERING!!! LETS SHOW HIM THAT HE WAS!!!!

Reblog this to show pretty boy that he was so worth remembering.

Guys I just finished Du Ponceau's autobiography and I actually just need some time to mourn during that process I went from stanning him to becoming emotionally attached to him and then the ending just actually murdered me that stabbed me in the heart, I need to plant roses for him this June omg no I actually just need a break <33333

Chat here's some sketches I made in history class, do we fw them????

(we got out of character Robesmoulins yaoi (maybe I'll post the full pic tho idk), poorly drawn Von Steuben my beloved, and pretty boi Du Ponceau or something :3)

He [Baron Von Steuben] had friendly nicknames for all of them , as , for instance , " Le Petit Walker , et sa grande femme , " " Le paresseux North , " and the " Parson Adams " ( Duponceau ) , which he used when he wanted them to be particularly active .

-Friedrich Kapp, The Life of Frederick William Von Steuben

Du Ponceau is such a pretty boy (I actually CANT draw haha)

Message for amrev/hist. Lams Tumblr!

Let's talk about Du Ponceau portrayal. Du Ponceau isn't girly, he's soft. Du Ponceau isn't a pushover, he's kind. Du Ponceau isn't semi-bilingual, he's fluent in around 10-12 languages, and learned English as a small child, pursuing it since, even being mocked for it in school. Du Ponceau isn't a goddamn plaything. If you want to portray him as Von Steuben's partner, do it, but don't forget that homosexuality was fully illegal in the 18th century, even if they were around safer people at Valley Forge. Du Ponceau isn't stupid, he's curious. Du Ponceau isn't a throwaway filler character with zero trauma and no real life, he's one of the most complicated historical figures in the fandom, I'd say. It feels weird to call real people a fandom, but please take this into consideration.

I'm crying because I lost my anxiety management book but here's a sketch of the pretty boy (ft. Tumblr quality)