Chapter II: Appendix: I

ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS

1. Copy of the original bill rendered by Doctor Sanson,
physician at Les Cayes, Santo Domingo, to Jean Audubon,
containing the only existing record of the birth of his
son, Jean Jacques Fougère Audubon, on April 26, 1785;
Les Cayes, December 29, 1783-October 19, 1785 314

1a. Translation of the Sanson Bill 315

2. Copy of the Act of Adoption of Fougère (John James
Audubon) and Muguet (Rosa Audubon), Nantes, March 7,
1794 328

3. Copy of the Act of Baptism of Jean Jacques Fougère
Audubon, Nantes, October 23, 1800 329

4. Copy of a bill of sale of Negroes rendered by
Monsieur Ollivier to Monsieur Audubon, Les Cayes, Santo
Domingo, 1785 330

5. Statement of Accounts of Messrs. Audubon, Lacroix,
Formon & Jacques in the purchase of Negroes from M. Th.
Johnston, Les Cayes, Santo Domingo, 1785 331

6. Copy of bill of sale of Negroes to Monsieur Audubon,
and a Statement of his account with Messrs. Lucas
Brothers & Constant, Les Cayes, Santo Domingo, August 7,
1785-June 9, 1788 334

7. Accounts of William Bakewell of "Fatland Ford"
as protégé of his future son-in-law, and as attorney
or agent for Audubon & Rozier, giving certain exact
indications of the naturalist's early movements and
personal relations, before and after finally leaving
"Mill Grove," January 4, 1805-April 9, 1810 336

8. Concerning a Power of Attorney issued by Lieutenant
Audubon and Anne Moynet Audubon to Ferdinand Rozier and
John Audubon, the Younger, at Couëron, France, in 1805;
parts in French translated by a Philadelphia notary;
signatures of original document authenticated by the
Mayor of Couëron, October 21, 1805; his attest of the
legality of Anne Moynet Audubon's signature at Couëron,
October 27, 1805; authentication of the signature of the
Mayor of Couëron by the Subprefect of Savenay, November
27, 1805; attest of the Subprefect's signature by the
Prefect 340

9. Articles of Association of Jean Audubon and Ferdinand
Rozier to govern their partnership in business; drawn up
at Nantes, March 23, 1806 344

9a. Translation of the Articles of Association of Jean
Audubon and Ferdinand Rozier 346

10. Power of Attorney issued by Lieutenant Jean Audubon,
Anne Moynet Audubon and Claude François Rozier, to their
respective sons, Jean Audubon and Ferdinand Rozier,
at Nantes, France, April 4, 1806, eight days before
the latter embarked to America to enter upon their
partnership in business 350

10a. Translation of the Power of Attorney issued by Jean
Audubon, Anne Moynet Audubon, and Claude François Rozier
to Jean Audubon and Ferdinand Rozier, April 4, 1806 351

11. Account current of John Audubon and Ferdinand Rozier
with the estate of Benjamin Bakewell, late commission
merchant in New York, showing their dealings and
standing with this house during the first sixteen months
of their business experience in the West. Covers the
period August 1, 1807, to December 13, 1808 354

11a. Final Account of Francis Dacosta, rendered July
25, 1807, to Lieutenant Jean Audubon, his partner in
the unfortunate mining enterprise at "Mill Grove"; later
contested and settled by arbitration 356

12. Quit Claim or Release given by John James Audubon to
Ferdinand Rozier on the Dissolution of their Partnership
in Business, at Sainte Geneviève, Upper Louisiana
(Missouri), April 6, 1811 359

13. Copy of a portion of the first Will of Lieutenant
Jean Audubon, Couëron, May 20, 1812 360

14. Copy of the second and last Will of Lieutenant Jean
Audubon, March 15, 1816 361

15. Copy of a portion of the first Will of Madame Anne
Moynet, wife of Lieutenant Audubon, December 4, 1814 363

16. Copy of a portion of the second Will of Madame Jean
Audubon, May 10, 1816 364

17. Copy of the third Will, "No. 169, of Madame Anne
Moynet, widow of M. Jean Audubon, living at his house
called "La Gerbetière," and situated near the village
of Port-Launay, not far from Couëron," December 26, 1819 366

18. Copy of a portion of the fourth and last will of
Madame Jean Audubon, living at the house of "The Turtle
Doves" ("Les Tourterelles"), at Couëron, July 16, 1821 367

19. Notice of the death of Lieutenant Jean Audubon, from
the official registry of Nantes, Nantes, February 19,
1818 369

20. Letter of Lieutenant Jean Audubon to Francis
Dacosta, his American agent and attorney, relating to
the conduct of his son, and to the lead mine at "Mill
Grove" farm, transliterated from photographic copy of
duplicate (Letter No. 4) in Jean Audubon's letter-book.
Nantes, March 10, 1805 370

21. Letters of John James Audubon to Claude François
Rozier, father, and to Ferdinand Rozier, son,
immediately preceding and following his active
partnership in business with the latter, 1807 and 1812 372

APPENDIX II

AUDUBON'S EARLY DATED DRAWINGS MADE IN FRANCE AND
AMERICA

Drawings now in the collections of Mr. Joseph Y.
Jeanes of Philadelphia, and formerly belonging to Mr.
Edward Harris, of Moorestown, New Jersey; of Mr. John
E. Thayer, Lancaster, Massachusetts, and of Harvard
University 375

APPENDIX III

"THE BIRDS OF AMERICA"

1. Final Lists of Subscribers to _The Birds of America_,
folio edition, as published by Audubon in 1839 380

2. Prospectus of _The Birds of America_, as issued
in 1828, when ten Numbers of the original folio were
engraved 386

3. Prospectus of the Second (partial) Edition of _The
Birds of America_, issued by John Woodhouse Audubon,
through Messrs. Trubner & Company, London, 1859 389

APPENDIX IV

Authentic Likenesses of Jean Jacques Fougère Audubon 392