"Letter to J. M. Wade on Audubon's Mill," _Ornithologist and
Oölogist_, vol. 8, p. 79. Boston, 1883.
183. JORDAN, DAVID STARR:
"Rafinesque," _Popular Science Monthly_, vol. xxix, pp. 212-221
(June). New York, 1886. Reproduced in _Pioneers of Science in
America_, edited by William Jay Youmans (New York, 1896).
184. SHUFELDT, R. W.:
"On an old Portrait of Audubon, painted by himself, and a word
about some of his early Drawings," _The Auk_, vol. iii, pp.
418-430, with portrait. New York, 1886.
185. SAUNDERS, FREDERICK:
_The Story of Some Famous Books._ For Audubon, see pp. 141-144.
London, 1887.
186. STARLING, EDMUND L.:
_History of Henderson County, Kentucky._ 8vo., pp. 1-832.
Henderson, 1887.
Gives an account of Audubon's mill and of his other business ventures
at Henderson, but when departing from local records is inaccurate and
unreliable.
187. MARTIN, D. S.:
"Audubon's Grave," _Science_, vol. x, pp. 68-69 (Aug. 5). New
York, 1887.
Refers to the project set on foot to raise funds for erecting a
monument to the naturalist.
188. SHUFELDT, R. W.:
"Audubon's Grave," _Science_, vol. x, p. 108 (Aug. 28). New York,
1887.
Proposes that the remains of Audubon should eventually rest in the
crypt of the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York City.
189. (ANON.):
[Audubon's Grave], _Science_, vol. x, p. 205 (Oct. 28). New York,
1887.
Announces the appointment of a committee by the New York Academy
of Sciences to secure funds for the erection of the proposed
monument.
See also the same, vol. x, p. 278 (Dec. 9).
190. SHUFELDT, R. W.:
"Audubonian Sketches," _The Audubonian Magazine_, published in the
interests of the Audubon Society for the protection of birds, vol.
i (January), pp. 267-271, illust., and vol. ii (February), pp.
3-6, illust. New York, 1888.
See files of the same magazine, vol. i, pp. i-xi, 1-288, February,
1887-January, 1888, and vol. ii, pp. i-vi, 1-264, February,
1888-January, 1889, New York, for various comments on Audubon's
life and services.
191. BACHMAN, C. L.:
_John Bachman, D.D., LL.D., Ph.D._ 8vo, pp. i-xii, 1-436, with
portrait. Charleston, 1888.
Reproduces numerous letters which passed between the Bachman and
Audubon families.
192. LOOMIS, LEVERETT M.:
"A Forgotten Volume," _The Auk_, vol. viii, p. 230. New York,
1891.
193. (ANON.):
"Report of the Audubon Monument Committee of The New York Academy
of Sciences," _Transactions of the Academy_, vol. xiii, pp. 23-69.
New York, 1893.
194. SHUFELDT, R. W.:
"Audubon the Naturalist," illust., _The Great Divide_, San
Francisco, September, 1893.
"More about Audubon the Naturalist," _ibid._, February, 1894.
195. DUKE, BASIL W.:
"Audubon," _Southern Magazine_, vol. iii, August, 1893, pp. 3-19,
portrait and illust. Louisville, 1893-1894.
196. SHUFELDT, R. W., and AUDUBON, M. R.:
"The Last Portrait of Audubon, together with a letter to his son,"
_The Auk_, vol. xi, pp. 309-313, portrait. New York, 1894.
The original of D'Avignon's engraving, published in 1850; see No. 62.
197. HEALY, GEORGE P. A.:
_Reminiscences of a Portrait Painter._ Chicago, 1894.
Gives an account of his successful manœuvres to obtain sittings for his
portrait of Audubon in 1838.
198. CALL, RICHARD ELLSWORTH:
_The Life and Writings of Rafinesque._ Filson Club Publications,
No. 10. 4to. Pp. i-xii, 1-227. Louisville, 1895.
Takes Audubon severely to task for his treatment of Rafinesque at
Henderson in the summer of 1818; see pp. 24-29.
199. "RENIGNOLDS" (E. R. SHATTUCK):
"Audubon's Plates sold for Junk," _Forest and Stream_, New York,
September 12, 1896.
200. BAKEWELL, W. G.:
_Bakewell-Page-Campbell._ Being an account of the descendants of
John Bakewell, of Castle Donnington, Leicestershire, England, born
in 1638, &c., &c. Wm. H. Johnston & Company. Pittsburgh, 1896.
Gives genealogy of the Bakewells, and of the families of J. J., J. W.
and V. G. Audubon.
201. COUES, ELLIOTT:
"Letter by Audubon to Charles Bonaparte, dated New York, May 1,
1833," _The Osprey_, vol. ii. Washington, 1897.
202. ROZIER, FIRMAN A.:
_Rozier's History of the early Settlement of the Mississippi
Valley._ 8vo., pp. 1-338. St. Louis, 1898.
See Part X for some account of the business relations of Audubon with
the author's father, Ferdinand Rozier.
203. COUES, ELLIOTT:
"William Swainson to John James Audubon, _The Auk_, vol. xv, pp.
11-13. Cambridge, 1898.
Letter dated "Tettenhanger Green, 2d October 1830"; reprinted in _The
Osprey_, vols. iv and v (Washington, 1900).
204. GÜNTHER, ALBERT:
"The unpublished correspondence of William Swainson with
contemporary naturalists (1806-1840)," _Proceedings of the Linnæan
Society_, 112th session, pp. 14-24. London, 1900.
Lists twenty-four letters of Audubon to Swainson, dating from 1 May,
1828, to 11 Jany., 1838, with brief reference to their contents. For
abstract of this paper see Theodore Gill, "Swainson's Correspondence."
_The Osprey_, vol. v, pp. 29-30 (Washington, 1900).
205. GILL, THEODORE:
"Correspondence of and about Audubon with Swainson," _The Osprey_,
vol. v, pp. 23-25. Washington, 1900.
206. GILL, THEODORE:
"William Swainson and his Times," _The Osprey_, vols. iv and v.
Washington, 1900.
207. (ANON.):
"Recent Sales of Audubon's Works," _The Osprey_, vol. v, pp. 31
and 63. Washington, 1900.
Copy of _The Birds of America_ sold by Bangs, February 6, 1896, for
$1,250, and another by Sotheran, London, 1892, for £345 (about $1,725),
the first with the _Ornithological Biography_ included.
207a. BOHEMIAN (C. S. BOUTCHER):
"Early Days in the Lehigh Valley," _Black Diamond Express_, vol.
iv, pp. 3-15. New York, 1900.
Describes Audubon's visit to Mauch Chunk in 1829, and gives also a
detailed account of the copy of _The Birds of America_ formerly the
property of David Eckley, of Boston, and then in possession of Robert
H. Sayre, of South Bethlehem, Pennsylvania (for which see Chapter XXVI,
p. 7).
208. (ANON.):
"Audubon in the [American] Museum [of Natural History]," with
explanatory notes by Maria R. Audubon, _The American Museum
Journal_, vol. 1, pp. 82-84, with portrait. New York, 1900-1901.
Describes portrait of Audubon painted by his sons towards the close
of his life, and given to the Museum by Mr. Fordham Morris, of New
York, an oil painting of wild turkeys, the original of which was made
by Audubon in 1826 for the Royal Institution of Liverpool, and several
other paintings and plates. In vol. ii, page 42, of the same journal is
reproduced an unpublished painting of the Red-eyed Vireo by Audubon.
209. DEANE, RUTHVEN:
"Unpublished Letters of William MacGillivray to John James
Audubon," _The Auk_, vol. xviii, pp. 239-249. Cambridge, 1901.
210. COUES, ELLIOTT:
"Auduboniana and Other Matters of Present Interest," _Bird Lore_,
vol. iii, p. 9. New York, 1901.
210a. CLARK, EDWARD B.:
"Relics of Audubon," _Chicago Evening Post_, February 7, 1901.
An account of Auduboniana and other literary rarities in possession of
Mr. Ruthven Deane.
211. MACGILLIVRAY, WILLIAM:
_A Memorial Tribute to William MacGillivray, M.A., LL.D.
Ornithologist; Professor of Natural History, Marischal College
and University, Aberdeen._ 4to, pp. i-xvi, 1-204, with illust.
Edinburgh, 1901.
Contains sketch of MacGillivray's life and work, with an account of
the monument placed over his grave, and of a beautiful memorial tablet
inscribed to his memory at Marischal College, with an unpublished
"Journal" by MacGillivray, and extracts from his other writings.
212. BUTTERWORTH, HEZEKIAH:
_In the Days of Audubon; A Tale of the "Protector of Birds."_
Illustrated. Pp. x-xii, 1-236. New York, 1901.
213. JOB, HERBERT K.:
"Following Audubon among the Florida Keys," _Outing_, vol. xliii,
pp. 71-79, illust. New York, 1903.
214. HOWE, REGINALD HEBER:
"Audubon's 'Ornithological Biography,'" _The Auk_, vol. xxi, p.
286. Cambridge, 1904.
Note on volume i of the American edition, bearing the imprint:
"Philadelphia: Judah Dobson, Agent, 108 Chestnut Street; and H. H.
Porter, Literary Rooms, 121 Chestnut Street. MDCCCXXXI." See also
Ruthven Deane, _The Auk_, vol. xxiv, 1907, p. 111, and Nathaniel E.
Janney, the same, p. 349.
This writer at one time proposed to bring out a revised edition of the
_Ornithological Biography_, but the project was abandoned from lack of
support.
215. (ANON.):
"[John James Audubon]; Notice of the Commemoration of the one
hundred and twenty-fifth anniversary of his birth," _The Auk_,
vol. xxii, p. 334 (July). Cambridge, 1905.
See Chapter I, Note 6.
216. DEANE, RUTHVEN:
"John James Abert to John James Audubon" (hitherto unpublished
letters), _The Auk_, vol. xxii, pp. 172-175. Cambridge, 1905.
217. DEANE, RUTHVEN:
"William Swainson to John James Audubon" (a hitherto unpublished
letter), _The Auk_, vol. xxii, pp. 31-34. Cambridge, 1905.
218. DEANE, RUTHVEN:
"William Swainson to John James Audubon," _The Auk_, vol. xxii,
pp. 248-258. Cambridge, 1905.
219. AUDUBON, JOHN W.:
_Audubon's Western Journal: 1849-1850._ Being the MS. record of
a trip from New York to Texas, and an overland journey through
Mexico and Arizona to the gold-fields of California. With a
biographical memoir by Maria R. Audubon, and edited by Frank
Heywood Hodder. Map, portrait, and original drawings. Pp. 1-250,
8vo. Cleveland, 1906.
For the original edition of Part 1 of J. W. Audubon's _Journal_, see
No. 174 of this Bibliography.
220. CLAIBORNE, F.:
_Simple Love and Occasional Pieces in Verse, with A Notice of
Audubon._ Pp. 1-60. New Orleans, 1906.
221. STONE, WITMER:
"A Bibliography and Nomenclator of John James Audubon," _The Auk_,
vol. xxiii, pp. 298-312. Cambridge, 1906.
Most complete and accurate analysis of Audubon's ornithological works
yet given.
222. (ANON.):
"Abstract of Audubon's Account Books, kept at Philadelphia, while
the Octavo edition of the Birds was being issued," _Evening Post_,
New York, Saturday Supplement for December 29, 1906.
223. (ANON.):
"Original Account Book of J. J. Audubon," _The Nation_, vol.
lxxxiv, p. 12 (June 3). New York, 1907.
See the preceding; gives interesting data regarding the issue of
the first octavo edition of _The Birds of America_ in parts, at
Philadelphia, 1840-1844.
224. DEANE, RUTHVEN:
"Unpublished Letters of Introduction carried by John James Audubon
on his Missouri River Expedition," _The Auk_, vol. xxv, pp.
170-173. Cambridge, 1908.
225. DEANE, RUTHVEN:
"The Copper-Plates of the Folio Edition of Audubon's 'Birds of
America,' with a brief Sketch of the Engravers," _The Auk_, vol.
xxv, pp. 401-413. Cambridge, 1908.
226. MERRIAM, C. HART:
"The King Cameos of Audubon," _The Auk_, vol. xxv, pp. 448-450,
with plate. Cambridge, 1908.
226a. MERRITT, DIXON L.:
"Audubon, the Ornithologist, in Kentucky," _The Taylor-Trotwood
Magazine_, vol. 10, pp. 293-298. Nashville, 1909.
226b. DERBY, EARL OF:
In letter, to Audubon, dated January 17, 1835. Reproduction of
"The Eagle and the Lamb." _Forest and Stream_, June 26, 1909, pp.
1011-1012. New York, 1909.
227. SHUFELDT, R. W., M.D.:
"An hitherto unpublished painting by Audubon," _The Wilson
Bulletin_, N. S., vol. xii, pp. 3-5, illust. Oberlin, 1910.
Oil painting of cock and hens, but original in poor state of
preservation.
228. FITZPATRICK, T. J.:
_Rafinesque. A Sketch of his Life with Bibliography._ 8vo., pp.
1-242, with portrait and reproductions of rare titles. Historical
Department of Iowa, Des Moines, 1911.
Cites 939 separate publications by Rafinesque, numerous manuscripts and
134 Rafinesquiana.
229. ARTHUR, STANLEY CLISBY:
"John James Audubon, and the Birds of Louisiana,"
_Times-Picayune_, New Orleans, May 2, 1915.
Gives an account, with illustrations, of "Fontainebleau," and of the
house at Mandeville which is regarded as "the probable birthplace" of
Audubon.
230. ARTHUR, STANLEY CLISBY:
"Audubon in West Feliciana," _Times-Picayune_, New Orleans, August
6, 1916.
Follows Audubon's footsteps in Louisiana, and gives an interesting
account, with illustrations, of the plantation houses at which Mr. and
Mrs. Audubon lived at various intervals from 1821 to 1829.
231. RHOADS, SAMUEL N.:
"More Light on Audubon's Folio 'Birds of America,'" _The Auk_,
vol. xxxiii, pp. 130-132. Cambridge, 1916.
232. WILLIAMS, GEORGE ALFRED:
"Robert Havell, Junior, Engraver of Audubon's 'The Birds of
America,'" _Print-Collector's Quarterly_, vol. 6, No. 3 (October),
pp. 225-257, illust. Boston, 1916.
Presents a genealogy of the Havell family, and gives an excellent
analysis of the work of the eminent engraver.
233. (ANON.):
"More Buried Treasure in a Noted Basement," _New York Tribune_,
Sunday, March 11, 1917.
An appeal for a better treatment of the originals of Audubon's _Birds
of America_. "The original charter of the New York Historical Society
signifies that the organization was formed to preserve the history of
the United States, and especially the history of the City of New York.
If Audubon's wonderful drawings of the birds of America are not United
States history and New York City history rolled into one, then what, in
the name of Herodotus, Father of History, is?"
234. TOWNSEND, CHARLES W.:
"In Audubon's Labrador," _The Auk_, vol. xxxiv, pp. 133-146,
illust. Cambridge, 1917.
INDEX
Abert, John James, on Audubon's plans, ii, 3;
his career and the rattlesnake episode, ii, 3, 77;
"Abert's squirrel," ii, 4, 64, 155.
Abolitionists (_Les Amis des Noirs_), activity in France, i, 43;
their opposition to white planters and fomenting of rebellion
in Santo Domingo, i, 49.
Academy of Natural Sciences (Philadelphia), introduction of
Audubon to, i, 328;
foundation and work of, i, 333;
notice of meeting of, i, 333;
Waterton on rejection of Audubon by, ii, 87.
_Accipiter cooperi_, i, 330.
Adams, Rev. Charles Coffin, history of his manuscript on the
_Life of Audubon_; his career and writings, i, 18; ii, 300.
Adams, John Quincy, i, 396.
Adelaide, Queen of England, patronage of, i, 391.
Allston, Washington, i, 336.
American Ornithologists' Union, number of species of American
birds recognized by (in 1910), ii, 215;
doubtful species in "Check-List" of, ii, 215.
_American Ornithology_, story of the author, production and
publication of, i, 202-219;
original drawings for, i, 213;
the engraver and publisher of, i, 213, 217;
the Prospectus and character of, i, 217;
the issue and patronage of, i, 217;
death of the author of, i, 219;
publication of the last volume of, i, 223;
second American edition of, i, 223;
diary of the author of, i, 224;
Audubon's charge against the author of, i, 226;
counter charge of Ord in defense of the author of, i, 227.
American Philosophical Society, Audubon to Sully on his rejection
by, i, 362;
his later membership in, i, 363;
Harlan on rejection of Abert by, ii, 3-4; 27.
_Anthus spraguei_, Sprague's Titlark, ii, 253.
Antonio de Sedella, Father, portrait of, i, 319, 321;
Governor Claiborne on, i, 319.
"Ark." _See_ Flatboats.
Arthur, Stanley Clisby, i, 314;
on the bird-life of the St. Francisville region, i, 315;
ii, 318;
on Audubon and West Feliciana, i, 322-323; 338.
"Articles of Association" of Audubon and Ferdinand Rozier,
description and reproduction of original of, i, 146-148;
ii, 344-349.
Ashburton, Lord, Baron (Alexander) Baring, ii, 242.
"Astur (_Falco_) Stanleii," i, 354, 417.
_See_ "Stanley Hawk."
_Athenæum_ (London), on Audubon, ii, 84-85, 140, 199-200;
advertisement of _The Birds of America_, ii, 201.
Aubinais, M., i, 55.
Audibon (or Audubon?), Pierre, in the American Revolution, i, 24.
Audubon, Anne, suit by, i, 28, 263.
Audubon, Catherine Françoise. _See_ Mme. Jean Louis Lissabé.
Audubon, Claude, and his family, i, 27.
Audubon, Dominica, suit by, i, 28, 263.
Audubon, Jean, his command at Yorktown and checkered career,
i, 24;
his parentage and father's family, i, 26-28;
birth and baptism, i, 27;
beginning of life at sea and capture at Louisburg, i, 28;
a prisoner in England, i, 28;
enters French Merchant marine and begins his voyages to New
Foundland, i, 29;
enlists in French navy and appears at Nantes, i, 30;
reënters merchant marine and begins voyages to Santo Domingo,
i, 30;
his ships and commands, i, 31;
his marriage, i, 32;
fight in _Le Comte d'Artois_ and capture by the English, i, 32;
prisoner in New York, and release, i, 32;
joins the American Revolution and commands a ship at the siege
of Yorktown, i, 34;
later commands in the United States and fight with a British
privateer, i, 34;
residence in the West Indies, i, 36;
travels in the United States and purchase of "Mill Grove,"
i, 36;
joins the National Guard at Les Cayes, i, 37;
epitome of Santo Domingo career, i, 37;
engagement with Coirond Brothers with interests at Les Cayes
and St. Louis, i, 38;
rapid rise to wealth as planter, sugar refiner, and slave
dealer, i, 39;
light cast by his dealings in slaves, i, 39; ii, 330-335;
his West Indian fortune and final settlement of estate,
i, 40-41, 268;
treatment of slaves and dependents, i, 41, 54;
Santo Domingo experience compared with that of a contemporary
planter at Jaquemel, i, 44-48;
birth of his son at Les Cayes, i, 52;
discovery of bill of his physician, i, 53; _see also_ i, 54,
and ii, 314-327;
his son, Fougère, and daughter, Muguet, taken to France, i, 57;
his reference to Audubon's mother, i, 59;
designation of his children in his wills, i, 63, ii, 360-362;
dual personality expressed by his son, i, 63;
joins National Guard at Nantes, i, 74;
possible refuge of his family during Revolution in France,
i, 76;
activities immediately before and during French Revolution,
i, 77-82;
Revolutionary offices, i, 78;
report as Civil Commissioner, i, 78;
mission to Pornic and Paimbœuf, i, 79;
signature during Revolution, i, 79;
mission to Les Sables d'Olonne, and letters to the
Administration, i, 80;
his reimbursement for services to the Republic, i, 81;
operations as ensign commander, and encounter with the
_Brilliant_, i, 82;
his later commands and elevation to rank of _lieutenant de
vaisseau_, i, 82;
his financial losses in Santo Domingo, i, 82;
indemnity from the French Government, i, 83;
respective rank and service in the French merchant marine
and navy, i, 83;
his certificate of service, i, 83;
retirement and pension, i, 83, 85;
settlement and occupations at "La Gerbetière," i, 85;
Santo Domingo interests described in power of attorney, i, 85;
residences at Nantes, i, 86; _see also_ i, 57, 58;
his death, i, 87;
his son's tribute, i, 87, 88;
financial vicissitudes, i, 88; _see also_ i, 85;
habits, abilities and physical characteristics, i, 88;
letter soliciting aid for his son, i, 100;
interest in "Mill Grove" and the Prevost mortgage, i, 105;
lease and inventory of the property, i, 105;
portrait at age of forty-five (?), i, 106;
mining project with Dacosta, i, 113;
sale to Dacosta of a one-half interest in "Mill Grove," and
its lead mine, i, 114;
expectations for his son, i, 115;
financial aid from Claude François Rozier, i, 115;
correspondence with Dacosta, i, 116-123;
instructions regarding his son's proposed marriage, i, 117;
appeal in answer to Dacosta's complaints concerning his son,
i, 118;
instructions for settlement of claims against the Ross and
Formon estates, i, 121-123;
his uncanceled mortgage, i, 122;
instructions concerning the farmhouse at "Mill Grove," i, 122;
as grantor of powers of attorney, i, 131, 132-133, 153; _see
also_ i, 85-87;
marriage of his daughter, i, 131;
arranges a business partnership for his son, i, 132;
his former country villa as it appears to-day, i, 135-145;
division of the "Mill Grove" property and sale of his remaining
interests, i, 149-150, 152-153;
letters of his son, i, 159-161, 163;
portrait at Couëron, i, 100;
troubles with Dacosta and contest over his final accounts,
i, 168;
bequest of his property in usufruct to his wife, and
testamentary designation of his children, i, 262;
contest of relatives over wills, i, 263;
unfounded statements of biographers of his son, i, 264;
his claims against the Ross-Formon estates as a basis of
fiction, i, 265;
final settlement of his financial affairs, i, 268;
his descendants in France and last of his name in America,
i, 269, ii, 294.
Audubon, Mme. Jean (Anne Moynet), her marriage and property at
Paimbœuf, i, 32, 40, 57, 80;
adoption of children by, i, 59;
baptism of adopted son, i, 60-61;
characterization of her son in wills, i, 62, 262-264;
as grantor of powers of attorney, i, 131, 132-133, 153;
legal troubles and impoverishment, i, 263;
removal from "La Gerbetière," i, 263, 268;
her death at "Les Tourterelles," i, 263;
disposition of her estate, i, 266, 269;
break in relations of her adopted son with his family in
France, i, 266-269;
attack upon her husband's estate and its final settlement,
i, 263, 268;
her testaments, ii, 363-368.
Audubon, Jean Jacques Fougère (John James Audubon, _see also_
Fougère and Jean Rabin), his masterpiece, i, 1;
his greatest working period, i, 2;
experience in Paris in 1828, i, 2;
Cuvier's eulogy and patronage of the French Government, i, 3;
rarity and cost of his publications, i, 4;
personality and talents, i, 5;
attacks upon his character, i, 6;
his historical background and hitherto unwritten history, i, 7;
his Americanism, i, 8;
characteristics of his writings, i, 8-10; his _Ornithological
Biography_, i, 9;
drawings of birds and mammals, i, 10;
influence on American ornithology, i, 10;
honesty of purpose, i, 11;
memories of him in London, i, 11;
public monuments and other honors in America, i, 13;
Societies and Clubs dedicated to his memory, i, 14;
his bibliography, i, 15;
attempt at autobiography, i, 16;
first formal _Life_ of, i, 17;
true history of Buchanan's _Life_, i, 18-22;
Mrs. Audubon's revision of Buchanan's _Life_, i, 22;
Miss Maria R. Audubon's _Life and Journals_, i, 22;
accepted account of his birth and early life in light of new
discoveries, i, 22;
parentage and early names;
a creole of Santo Domingo, i, 52;
his baptismal name, i, 53;
discovery of the bill rendered by the physician who assisted
at his birth, i, 53;
feeble health and death of his mother, i, 56;
birth of his sister, creole of Santo Domingo, i, 56;
taken with his sister to France, i, 57;
his foster mother and home at Nantes and Couëron, i, 57;
his adoption and text of act, i, 59;
suppression of his mother's name, i, 60;
his baptism and text of act, i, 60;
assumed name of "La Forest," i, 61;
his signatures, i, 61, 63;
his names appearing in wills, i, 62;
his dual personality in a power of attorney, i, 64;
first date given in his autobiography, i, 65;
record in his Ohio River journal, i, 66;
his later autobiographic sketch, i, 66-68;
traditional date of birth, i, 68;
myth concerning birth in Louisiana, i, 68-72;
account given by the Rev. Gordon Bakewell, i, 69;
influence of environment on character, i, 90;
his limited schooling, i, 91-93;
the spur his ambition needed, i, 91;
experience in the French navy, i, 92;
early passion for nature and for drawing, i, 93;
as truant, i, 94;
his father intervenes and takes him to Rochefort, i, 94;
return to Couëron, i, 96;
baptized in the Catholic Church, i, 96;
first return to the United States, i, 98;
illness at Morristown, i, 99;
befriended by his father's American agent, i, 99;
his father's letter and intentions in sending him to America,
i, 100;
his settlement at "Mill Grove" farm, and period of stay there,
i, 101-103;
begins his studies of American bird-life, i, 106;
makes first "banding" experiment on young of a wild bird,
i, 107;
visit to "Fatland Ford," and choice of a wife, i, 110;
his gayety and extravagance, i, 110;
abstemious habits in youth as regards food and drink, i, 111;
his account of himself, i, 111;
his accomplishments described by a future brother-in-law,
i, 111;
opposition to his marriage, i, 116;
Dacosta's grievances, i, 116-119;
quarrels with Dacosta and returns to France, i, 123-125;
voyage on the _Hope_, i, 126;
life at Couëron and friendship with D'Orbigny, i, 127;
receives with Ferdinand Rozier a power of attorney from his
parents, i, 131;
attends the marriage of his sister and signs the record, i, 131;
his relations with his brother-in-law, i, 132;
his partnership with Rozier and second letter of attorney,
i, 132;
returns, with Rozier, to the United States, i, 134;
voyage of the _Polly_, and receipt of Captain Sammis, i, 134;
experience with British privateers, i, 134;
boyhood home at Couëron, i, 136-145;
his description of "La Gerbetière," i, 136;
his abortive attempt, with Rozier, to administer the "Mill
Grove" mine and farm, i, 146-148;
their "Articles of Association," i, 146-148; ii, 344-349;
sale of remaining rights in "Mill Grove" to Dacosta and Company,
i, 148-149;
receives, with Rozier, new power of attorney, i, 153;
enters business office of Benjamin Bakewell in New York, i, 153;
his associates and correspondence with the elder Rozier,
i, 153-166;
letters to his father, i, 159-161, 163-164;
his use of English and French, i, 155; ii, 372-374;
plans a retail business with Rozier, i, 157-158, 160-162, 165;
dispatch of live birds, and other objects of natural history
to France, i, 158-159, 160, 162, 165-166;
conflicting references to "Mill Grove" explained, i, 158-160,
162, 165-168;
his drawings and preoccupation in New York, i, 170-172;
works for Dr. Mitchell's collections in natural history, i, 171;
term of service in the Bakewell office, i, 154-155, 171-172;
his account of himself, i, 172;
his early drawings, ideals and perseverance, i, 173-174,
178-183;
study under David in Paris, i, 174-175, 176-178;
cause of certain defects in his published work, i, 174;
date of his Paris experience, i, 174-175, 177;
encouragement from his father, i, 174;
David's supposed influence on his style, i, 178;
patronage of Edward Harris and history of the Harris-Jeanes
collection of his early drawings, i, 179-183;
his drawing methods, i, 183-185;
his ambition, difficulties and defects, i, 184;
purchases goods in New York, and with Rozier starts west,
i, 186;
Rozier's diary of their journey, i, 187-192;
settles at Louisville, i, 192;
venture in indigo and effect of the Embargo Act, i, 193;
his marriage to Lucy Green Bakewell, and return to Louisville,
i, 194;
a later journey on the Ohio River, i, 195;
occupations at Louisville, i, 196, 197-198;
business with assignees of the Bakewell firm, i, 196;
birth of his elder son, i, 198;
his drawings of birds and plants, i, 198;
his wife receives a portion of her father's estate, i, 198;
meeting with Alexander Wilson, and the troubles which ensued,
i, 207;
stories of Audubon and of his rival compared, i, 220-225;
charges and counter charges, i, 226;
his merits and demerits, i, 227-232;
his difficulties and pleasures as western trader, i, 232-236;
moves with Rozier to Henderson, i, 236;
again they move to Ste. Geneviève, i, 237-241;
held up at Cash Creek, i, 238-240;
experience at the Great Bend, i, 240;
dissolution of his partnership with Rozier and return to
Henderson, i, 241;
after-relations with Rozier, i, 243;
in troubled times, i, 246;
befriended by Dr. Rankin, i, 248;
birth of their younger son, i, 248;
enters the commission business with a brother-in-law, i, 249;
his visit to Ste. Geneviève, i, 249;
reënters trade at Henderson and buys land, i, 250;
town records of his purchases, i, 250, 252;
his store and house of logs, i, 252;
his popularity, i, 252;
Henderson gossip and anecdotes, i, 253;
his second partnership with Thomas W. Bakewell, i, 254;
they lease land and build a steam grist-, and lumber-mill,
i, 254;
partnership of Thomas W. Pears, i, 254;
the Henderson mill at a later day, i, 254;
their mechanical difficulties, i, 254;
lease of timber land and plunder of workmen, i, 255;
bill of lumber rendered by J. J. Audubon & Co., i, 256;
financial depression and failure of the mill, i, 257;
quarrel over steamboat and encounter with Bowen, i, 257-259;
legal history of the suit, i, 258;
the opinion expressed to him by the judge, i, 259;
goes to Louisville jail for debt, i, 260;
declares himself a bankrupt and is released, i, 260;
his walk to Louisville, i, 260;
later account given to Bachman, i, 260;
reflections on passing his old mill in 1820, i, 261;
light on his enigma, i, 262-272;
his designations in wills, i, 262-264;
probable history of a fictitious "bequest," i, 264-266;
his brother-in-law's letters, i, 266-269;
attempt of relatives to break his father's will in France,
and impoverishment of his step-mother, i, 263;
his step-mother's death, i, 263;
the last of his family in France, i, 269;
his elder son's visit to Couëron, i, 269;
his reference to "Audubon of La Rochelle," i, 270;
his "Episodes" and methods of composition, i, 273-284;
discrepancies and inaccuracies of some of his narratives,
i, 273-274, 279-291;
his account of meeting Nolte and Nolte's account of meeting
him, i, 274-279;
on horseback from Henderson to Philadelphia, i, 275;
description of the famous earthquakes and the hurricane,
i, 279-291;
criticism of his account of Daniel Boone, i, 291;
"Episode" of "The Prairie," i, 274, 282-284;
answer to a criticism of, i, 284;
his sketch of "The Eccentric Naturalist" and comment,
i, 285-300;
practical jokes, and cost to Zoölogy, i, 291;
the "Scarlet-headed Swallow" and "Devil-Jack Diamond Fish,"
i, 291-293;
his later relations with Rafinesque, i, 294;
his Æneid, 1819-1824, i, 301-326;
debt to his wife, i, 301;
begins to work at portraiture at Shippingport, i, 303;
removal to Cincinnati, i, 303;
history of his engagement as taxidermist at the Western Museum,
and friendship with Dr. Drake, i, 303-306;
starts a drawing school and plans a journey through the West
and South, i, 306;
starts with Captain Cummings and Joseph R. Mason for New
Orleans, i, 307;
his Ohio and Mississippi Rivers journal, i, 307;
experience at Natchez;
boots and portraits, i, 308;
loss and recovery of a portfolio, i, 309;
stranded at New Orleans, i, 309;
resorts to portraiture again, i, 311;
his drawings of birds, i, 311;
interview with Vanderlyn, i, 312;
leaves New Orleans with Mason, i, 313;
meeting with Mrs. Pirrie and engagement at "Oakley," i, 312;
enchantments of the West Feliciana country and introduction
to St. Francisville, i, 313-315;
experience as tutor to "my lovely Miss Pirrie of Oakley,"
i, 315, 317-318;
leaves abruptly and returns with Mason to New Orleans, i, 318;
his industry and fruits, i, 318;
joined by his family in New Orleans, i, 319;
crisis in financial affairs and losses of drawings, i, 320;
as teacher at Natchez and Washington, i, 321;
parts with his pupil assistant, i, 321;
his first lessons in the use of oil colors, i, 321;
engagements of his wife at New Orleans, Natchez and St.
Francisville, i, 322;
his wife's "Beechwoods" school, i, 322;
resolution to pursue his ornithological studies, i, 323;
misadventure with Stein, i, 324;
ill and adrift, i, 324;
decides to visit Philadelphia to find a publisher for his
drawings, i, 325;
settles, with his elder son, at Shippingport, i, 325;
experience in Philadelphia in 1824, i, 327-335;
his exhibition at the Academy of Natural Sciences, i, 328;
meeting with Bonaparte and Ord, i, 328;
opposition encountered, i, 328-330;
criticisms of Ord and Lawson, i, 329;
his work for Bonaparte, i, 330;
appreciation of Fairman and Harris, i, 331;
assistance of Edward Harris and beginning of their friendship,
i, 331, 333;
early letter to Harris, i, 332;
Thomas Sully, as friend and teacher, i, 334;
visit to "Mill Grove," i, 335;
reception in New York and assistance of Samuel Latham
Mitchell, i, 336;
election to membership in the Lyceum of Natural History,
i, 338;
acts as model for Vanderlyn's portrait of Andrew Jackson,
i, 338;
to Thomas Sully, i, 339;
visit to Albany and Niagara Falls, i, 339;
misadventure at Presque Isle, i, 340;
the Meadville "Episode," i, 341-343;
residence at Pittsburgh, i, 343;
journey to Lakes Ontario and Champlain, where plans of his
publication are matured, i, 343;
stranded at Cincinnati, i, 344;
returns to St. Francisville, and resorts to teaching, i, 346;
sails with his drawings from New Orleans, i, 347;
journal of the voyage of the _Delos_, i, 348-350;
lands in Liverpool, i, 350;
his credentials, i, 351;
introduction to Lafayette, i, 351;
customs duties, i, 350;
Nolte's letter to the Rathbones, i, 352;
aid of the "Queen Bee" of "Greenbank," i, 353;
his "observatory nerves," i, 353;
ornithological dedications, i, 354;
exhibition of his drawings at the Royal Institution, i, 354;
appearance and habits, i, 354;
paintings as gifts, and the Turkey Cock seal, i, 355;
painting methods, i, 355;
opens a subscription book of _The Birds of America_ at
Manchester, i, 356;
plan of the work, i, 356;
his life of contrasts, i, 357;
journey to Edinburgh, i, 357;
invitation to merge his work, i, 357;
meeting with Lizars, who agrees to engrave his first number,
i, 358;
first proof of the Turkey Cock received, i, 358;
publication of the first ten plates in Edinburgh, i, 358;
success of his Edinburgh exhibition, i, 359;
impressions of Philarète-Chasles, i, 359;
Cap's hint taken, i, 360;
cast of his head made and his portrait painted, i, 361;
response at banquet of the Royal Institution, i, 361;
society's tax on his strength, i, 361;
contributions to journals, i, 362;
blackballed by an American Society, i, 362;
proposed gift to the Royal Institution, i, 363;
visit to "Dalmahoy," i, 363;
friendship of Basil Hall, i, 364;
characterization of Francis Jeffrey, i, 365;
first meeting with Scott, and his record of the interview,
i, 365;
exhibits his drawings at Sir Walter's home, i, 366;
Scott, on Audubon, i, 367;
papers on the Wild Pigeon and the Rattlesnake, i, 368;
his painting of "Pheasants attacked by a fox," i, 369;
Sidney Smith, i, 369;
to his wife, i, 369-373;
first meeting with Kidd, i, 373;
issues his Prospectus, i, 373;
visit to Selby at "Twizel House," i, 374;
with Thomas Bewick at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, i, 375;
success in canvassing, i, 376;
in London, i, 377-410, 413-418;
his credentials for the metropolis, i, 376-380;
abandonment of his work by Lizars and discovery of Robert
Havell, Junior, i, 380-384;
his _Birds of America_ fly to London, i, 384;
painting his way to liberty, i, 388;
canvassing experiences, i, 388;
efforts to secure the patronage of the King, i, 390, 392;
the Queen becomes his patroness, i, 392;
visit to Glasgow, i, 393;
difficulties with his publishers, i, 393;
timely aid from Sir Thomas Lawrence, i, 393-396;
exhibition and sale of his paintings, i, 394;
resolutions on snuff, i, 396;
dislike of London, i, 397;
his work and Selby's compared, i, 397;
revision of his drawings, i, 398;
calls by appointment upon an earl, i, 398;
visits the great Universities, i, 399;
solicitations of publishers and contributions to magazines,
i, 399;
friendship with Swainson, and original letters of their
correspondence, i, 400-403;
Swainson's review of his work, i, 403;
visit at Tyttenhanger, i, 404;
to Swainson, i, 405-407;
request for further contributions to magazines refused, i, 407;
visit to Paris with the Swainsons and Parker, i, 408-413;
his picture of Cuvier at fifty-nine, i, 411;
patronage of the Duke of Orleans, i, 411;
exchange of works with Redouté, i, 412;
with Cuvier at the Royal Academy, i, 412;
Cuvier's report on his work, i, 413;
correspondence with Swainson, i, 413-415;
Bonaparte to, i, 416-419;
first journey from England to America, i, 420-436;
to his wife, i, 420;
exhibition of drawings in New York, i, 421;
painting at Camden and Great Egg Harbor, i, 421;
Swainson to, i, 422;
sojourn in the Great Pine Forest, i, 423, 425-426;
to Victor Audubon, i, 424;
"Episodes" and record of work, i, 425;
visits his sons and joins his wife at "Beechgrove" (St.
Francisville) in Louisiana, i, 427;
to Harlan, i, 427-430;
Swainson to, i, 430;
occupations at "Beechgrove," i, 432;
preparations to return, with Mrs. Audubon, to England, i, 432;
to Havell, i, 433;
proposition for a successor to the position held by his wife,
i, 434;
reception at Washington, and accessions of subscribers, i, 435;
aid of Edward Everett, i, 435;
his letterpress and its rivals, i, 437-451;
membership in the Royal Society, i, 437;
settlement in Edinburgh and publication of the _Ornithological
Biography_, i, 437;
engages William MacGillivray to assist him, i, 438;
rival publications, i, 439, 442-445;
issue of his first volume of letterpress, i, 439;
Sir William Jardine to, i, 441;
MacGillivray as his reviewer, i, 445;
undertakes a Natural History Gallery of paintings with Kidd,
i, 446;
notices and final abandonment of the enterprise, i, 446;
to London and Paris, i, 447;
Edward Everett to, i, 448-451;
financial difficulties overcome, i, 451;
explorations in Florida and the South Atlantic, ii, 1-25;
returns to America with his wife, and a taxidermist as
assistant, ii, 1;
to Kidd, ii, 1;
his obituary in the _London Literary Gazette_, ii, 2;
Abert and Featherstonhaugh announce his plans, ii, 3;
promise of governmental aid at Washington, ii, 4;
visits Charleston and meets John Bachman, ii, 5;
sails from Charleston for Florida with two assistants, ii, 5;
Bachman on, ii, 5;
dedication to Bachman of a copy of his _Birds_, ii, 7;
his _Birds of America_ as gifts to others, ii, 7;
his journey described in Featherstonhaugh's _Journal_, ii, 8-14;
account of meeting with Bachman, ii, 9;
hospitality of the Charlestonians, ii, 10;
impressions of St. Augustine, ii, 12;
methods of work, ii, 12;
Harlan to his wife, ii, 14;
misadventures at Bulowville, ii, 15-20;
shooting birds at Live Oak Landing, ii, 16;
narrow escape from the marshes, ii, 17-19;
as a prophet on the future of eastern Florida, ii, 20;
the ibis of Orange Grove Island, ii, 21;
his plans delayed, ii, 22-24;
journey from St. Augustine to Key West, ii, 24;
return to Savannah and Charleston, ii, 25;
eastern visit and explorations in the North Atlantic, ii, 26-66;
settles again in Camden, ii, 26;
an experiment in lithography, ii, 26;
correspondence of Harlan, ii, 28;
his welcome at Boston, ii, 29;
to Edward Harris, ii, 29;
journey to Maine coast and New Brunswick, ii, 30;
winter and illness in Boston, ii, 31, 34-35;
sends his son to England to take charge of his publications,
and plans an expedition to Labrador, ii, 31;
Bachman to, ii, 32;
to Victor Audubon, ii, 33;
drawing of the Golden Eagle, ii, 34;
to his son, ii, 35-40;
financial affairs, ii, 37-38, 65;
on his portrait by Inman, ii, 39;
his American subscribers, ii, 39-41;
letters to Harris, ii, 40;
organization of his proposed expedition, ii, 42-44;
George Parkman to, ii, 43;
sails in the _Ripley_ for Labrador, ii, 44;
journal of his experiences, ii, 44-50;
at Bird Rock, ii, 45;
discovers a new finch, ii, 45;
scenes of work at Wapitagun, ii, 46-48;
his efforts and accomplishments, ii, 48;
return to Eastport and Boston, ii, 49;
editorial comment, ii, 50;
letter from Havell, ii, 51;
Thomas L. McKenney on, ii, 52;
arrested in Philadelphia, ii, 52;
Washington Irving's aid in Washington, ii, 53;
itinerary from Richmond, ii, 53;
winter at Bachman's, ii, 54;
letter to his son, ii, 55-62;
on Ord and Waterton, ii, 55, 61;
on his buzzard experiments, ii, 55;
on Syme's portrait, ii, 57;
his family alliance, ii, 58;
on his American subscribers, ii, 59, 62;
on Robert Havell, ii, 59;
on growing old, ii, 60;
on self-improvement, ii, 61;
on Kidd, ii, 57, 62;
Bachman, on his working habits, ii, 62;
to Harris, ii, 64;
echo of his early business troubles, ii, 64;
his statement of the case, ii, 65;
return to England, ii, 65;
gratitude to Edward Harris, ii, 66;
as target of critics and detractors, ii, 67-92;
questionable essays, ii, 68;
his reply to Sully, ii, 68-71;
the rattlesnake controversy, ii, 71-80;
charges of an editor, ii, 72;
his original drawing and account of the rattlesnake, ii, 74-76;
his errors and vindication, ii, 76-80;
letter of Thomas Cooper, ii, 78;
on the bend of the rattlesnake's fang, ii, 79;
rediscovery of his discredited lily, ii, 80;
on the buzzard's sense of smell, and present state of the
controversy, ii, 81-84;
his champions of the scientific and literary press, ii, 84;
on his snake stories, ii, 85;
his most persistent heckler, ii, 86-92;
Waterton and Swainson, on the authorship of his _Ornithological
Biography_, ii, 87;
on the rivalries of contemporaries, ii, 93-124;
to Swainson, ii, 95-97, 99-100, 101-103, 112;
Swainson to, ii, 97-99, 103-108;
his appeal to Swainson for assistance on his letterpress,
ii, 94, 98, 102-103, 104-107;
check in friendship and engagement of MacGillivray, ii, 108;
resulting controversy over the authorship of the
_Ornithological Biography_, ii, 87-88, 109;
on the craze for describing new species, ii, 110;
"Ornithophilus" on, ii, 111;
Swainson as biographer of, ii, 113-115;
his reference to Bonaparte resented, ii, 118;
his letter to Bonaparte and their subsequent relations,
ii, 119-121;
comment on Gould, ii, 121-124;
return to England in 1834, ii, 125;
to Edward Harris, ii, 125;
on his relations to William MacGillivray, ii, 125-128;
MacGillivray to, ii, 126-128, 130-132, 134;
his ornithological collection, ii, 129;
completion of the second volume of his letterpress, ii, 132;
to Harris, on the alligator and the American edition of
his _Ornithological Biography_, ii, 132, 134;
MacGillivray's contract with, ii, 134;
MacGillivray's assistance and friendship, ii, 134-137;
his acknowledgments and dedication to MacGillivray, ii, 137;
to John Wilson, ii, 139;
on the effects of overwork, ii, 140;
letters to Harris, ii, 141-144;
on Alexander Wilson, ii, 143;
issue of his third volume of the _Ornithological Biography_,
ii, 144;
on his journey, ii, 144;
third American tour, ii, 146;
landing in New York, ii, 146;
efforts to secure the Nuttall-Townsend collection of western
birds, ii, 147-149, 153-154;
thwarted in Philadelphia, ii, 149;
in Boston and Salem, ii, 149-151;
meets Brewer and Nuttall, ii, 150;
friendship and recommendation of Daniel Webster, ii, 151;
success of canvassing in New York, ii, 153;
efforts to obtain the collections in Philadelphia renewed,
ii, 153;
rivalry of priority seekers, ii, 155;
plans an expedition to Florida, and visits Washington for
governmental aid, ii, 155;
entertained at the White House, ii, 156;
on Andrew Jackson, ii, 156;
winter spent with Bachman, ii, 156;
overland with Edward Harris and his younger son to New
Orleans, ii, 157;
experiences in the Gulf of Mexico and Texas, ii, 157-165;
adventures with the _Crusader_, ii, 158-163;
at Galveston Bay, ii, 163;
visit to Houston, ii, 164;
his party disbands at Charleston, ii, 165;
his son's marriage, and return to England, ii, 166;
to Thomas Brewer, ii, 168;
extension of his _Birds_ and revolt of British patrons,
ii, 170, 174;
to Harris on Townsend's second collection of western birds,
ii, 170-173;
eagerness to render his work as complete as possible, ii, 173;
on extra plates and partial subscribers, ii, 174;
to William Swainson, ii, 176;
his day of greatest triumph, ii, 177;
return to Edinburgh and completion of his letterpress,
ii, 178-186;
to his son, ii, 178-181;
at work with MacGillivray, ii, 178-181;
publication of the fourth volume of the _Ornithological
Biography_, ii, 181;
impairment of the health of his wife, ii, 181, 183, 186;
their tour in the Scottish Highlands, ii, 182;
to Edward Harris, ii, 184-186;
completion of his labors in England, ii, 186;
number of American species of birds recognized in 1839, ii, 186;
valedictory to the "gentle reader," ii, 187;
prepares to return with his family to America;
directions to Havell, ii, 188-191;
intimate history of the work of his engraver, with manual
for collectors, ii, 191-199;
the _Athenæum_ on, ii, 199;
Peabody on, ii, 200;
on the original and existing numbers of copies of his
_Birds_, ii, 201-203;
on his own and Havell's copy of _The Birds of America_,
ii, 203;
original and present prices of his works, ii, 204;
singular attest of J. P. Hall regarding, ii, 205;
Audubon's account of the Rothschild incident, ii, 206-208;
settles in New York, and immediately undertakes two new
works, ii, 208;
Bachman to, on a revised edition of _The Birds of America_,
and the _Quadrupeds_, ii, 208;
to Brewer on the _Quadrupeds of North America_, ii, 209;
marriage of his elder son, ii, 210;
Bachman, on his coöperation in the _Quadrupeds_, ii, 210;
prospectus of the octavo edition of the _Birds_, ii, 211-212,
214;
its composition and number of American species of birds
recognized, ii, 214-215;
to his family while canvassing in Baltimore, ii, 215-217;
original account book of, ii, 217;
extraordinary success of his _Birds_ in "miniature", ii, 217;
bereavements of his family, ii, 218;
his friendship with a rising young naturalist, ii, 218;
opening correspondence with Spencer Fullerton Baird,
ii, 219-223;
William Yarrell to, ii, 223-225;
new birds from Baird, ii, 219, 225;
their correspondence continued, ii, 226;
letter to George Parkman, and the "Parkman Wren,", ii, 227-229;
to W. O. Ayres on collecting quadrupeds, ii, 229;
on the expenses of his publication, ii, 230;
Baird on his first visit to his friend, ii, 230-232;
consolation and advice to his pupil, ii, 232;
purchase of land and house-building, ii, 234;
"Minnie's Land" on the Hudson, ii, 235;
his activities, ii, 235;
Parke Godwin on Audubon and "Minnie's Land," in 1842,
ii, 236-238;
in 1845, ii, 238;
his expedition to the Upper Missouri, ii, 239-258;
correspondence with Baird, ii, 239-241;
credentials from the Government, ii, 242;
Daniel Webster's letter, ii, 242;
his letter from President Tyler, ii, 243;
Bachman on the _Quadrupeds_, ii, 243;
canvassing tour to Canada, ii, 244;
description of Canadian visit in letter to Benjamin Phillips,
ii, 244-246;
William Yarrell to, ii, 246;
overtures to Baird to join his western expedition fail,
ii, 248-250, 252;
Edward Harris to, ii, 251;
his party, ii, 252;
rendezvous at Philadelphia and beginning of journey, ii, 252;
ascent of the Missouri in the _Magnet_, ii, 252;
his journal of their experiences, ii, 253;
discovery of new birds, ii, 253;
on George Catlin, ii, 254;
at Fort Union, ii, 254-256;
first experience with buffalo, ii, 254;
forecast of its fate, ii, 255;
in a wilderness that howls, ii, 256;
his return, ii, 256;
on a canal boat homeward bound, ii, 257;
mistaken for a Dunker, ii, 258;
portrait by his son, ii, 258;
to Baird, ii, 258;
completion of his _Birds_ in octavo, and dedication to Baird,
ii, 259;
his final work on the _Quadrupeds_, ii, 261;
on Pennant's marten, ii, 263;
to Bachman on mischief makers, and letterpress of the
_Quadrupeds_, ii, 264-267;
his copper-plates of _The Birds of America_ pass through
fire in New York, ii, 267;
as a spectator at the ruins, ii, 267;
reply to Baird on the results of the fire, ii, 268;
Bachman's visit in 1845, ii, 268;
Bachman's complaints and ultimatum through Harris, ii, 269;
Bachman on his Missouri River Journal, ii, 271;
correspondence with Baird, ii, 272-273, 275-278, 279;
recommendation of Baird, ii, 279;
his son visits England to paint for the _Quadrupeds_, ii, 280;
manuscript of the _Quadrupeds of North America_, ii, 283;
illustrations and completion of plates of the _Quadrupeds_,
ii, 285;
Brewer on a visit to "Minnie's Land" in 1846, ii, 286-288;
letter to Harris in 1847, ii, 287;
Baird's note of last visit in 1847, ii, 288;
Bachman on his visit of 1848, ii, 288;
last days and death at "Minnie's Land", ii, 290;
work of his sons, and his family in America, ii, 291-312;
appropriation by the Government to procure copies of Audubon's
works for presentation to foreign countries, ii, 293;
manuscript notes and legends on original drawings of the
_Birds_, ii, 305.
Audubon, Mrs. John James, as editor of a _Life_ of her husband,
i, 18, 22;
her girlhood home, i, 108;
Audubon's account of their meeting and his debt to, i, 109;
her father and uncle as protégés of Audubon, i, 125;
Audubon on, i, 160;
her marriage and journey West, i, 194;
her children, i, 198, 247, 248;
her realization in her father's estate, i, 198-200;
her father and family, i, 199, 253-254;
as spur and balance wheel, i, 301;
at Cincinnati, i, 303, 306, 307, 320;
the Western Museum incident, i, 304;
at New Orleans, i, 320, 322;
engagements at Natchez and St. Francisville, i, 322;
her "Beechwoods" school, i, 322;
Audubon to, i, 370-372, 420-421, 424, 428;
at "Beechwoods," i, 431-435;
accompanies her husband to England, i, 435-436; ii, 1;
John Bachman to, ii, 5;
Richard Harlan to, ii, 14;
her activities and school at "Minnie's Land," ii, 299;
breaking up of her home and the _Life_ of her husband, ii, 300;
to a relative on her family's affairs, ii, 301;
to William R. Dorlan on her husband's autograph, ii, 302;
her last years and death, ii, 302;
a eulogy, ii, 303;
disposal of the original drawings of _The Birds of America_,
ii, 304;
ascription of drawing to, ii, 306.
Audubon, John Woodhouse, his birth, ii, 248, 323, 371;
his father to, i, 373, 390; ii, 43, 44, 54, 56-57, 156;
marriage to Bachman's daughter, ii, 166;
journey to Texas, ii, 272;
goes to England to paint for the _Quadrupeds_, ii, 273, 280;
dedication to John Edward Gray, ii, 280;
J. E. Gray to, ii, 281;
part in painting the originals of the folio plates of the
_Quadrupeds of North America_, ii, 285;
his unfortunate California venture, ii, 289;
his marriage to Caroline Hall, ii, 294;
children and descendants, ii, 294;
his house at "Minnie's Land," ii, 295, 311-312;
his illness and death, ii, 295-296, 297;
his project for reproducing the original folio of _The Birds
of America_ in America, checked by the War, ii, 296, 389-391;
residual stock of the incomplete work, ii, 296;
as his father's aid, ii, 297, 299;
activities and characteristics as boy and man, ii, 297-299,
309-310;
his _Western Journal_, ii, 299;
death of his second wife, ii, 303.
Audubon, Mrs. John Woodhouse (Maria Rebecca Bachman), her
marriage, ii, 166;
her death, ii, 218;
her children, ii, 294.
Audubon, Mrs. John Woodhouse (Caroline Hall), her marriage,
children and descendants, ii, 294;
her death, ii, 294.
Audubon, Lucy, death of, i, 247.
Audubon, Maria Rebecca, publication of Audubon's Autobiography
by, i, 16;
_Audubon and his Journals_ by, i, 22, 28, 63, 106, 153, 270,
369.
Audubon, Marie Rosa (Mme. de Vaugeon), i, 27;
suit by, i, 28, 263.
Audubon, Pierre, service in the French merchant marine, i, 26;
his son, Jean, and his family, i, 27;
at siege of Louisburg, i, 28.
Audubon, Rosa (Mme. Gabriel Loyen du Puigaudeau, _see_ Muguet),
her birth, i, 56;
taken to France, i, 57;
act of adoption, i, 59;
as godmother, i, 128;
marriage contract and marriage of, i, 131;
her home, children and death, i, 269.
Audubon, Rosa, i, 247.
Audubon, Victor Gifford, his birth, i, 198, 269, 325, 371, 396,
427;
takes charge of his father's publications in England, ii, 31;
his father to, ii, 33-40, 43-44, 55-62;
in his father's defense, ii, 55, 88, 65, 81, 119, 178, 189;
on the number of sets of _The Birds of America_ issued,
ii, 202;
married to Mary Eliza Bachman, ii, 210;
on "Minnie's Land," ii, 235;
John Bachman to, ii, 261-263, 281-283;
to Spencer F. Baird, ii, 278;
Baird to, ii, 278;
as amanuensis to Bachman, ii, 283, 291;
to Bachman, ii, 289;
success in canvassing, ii, 292;
Bachman's recommendation, ii, 292;
his issues of the _Quadrupeds_ and _Birds_, ii, 293, 295;
his second marriage and children, ii, 294;
his house at "Minnie's Land," ii, 295, 311;
his illness and death, ii, 395;
death of his wife, ii, 303.
Audubon, Mrs. Victor Gifford (Mary Eliza Bachman), her marriage,
ii, 210;
her death, ii, 218.
Audubon Mrs. Victor Gifford, (Georgianna Richards Mallory),
ii, 258;
her marriage and children, ii, 294;
her death, ii, 294.
"Audubon of La Rochelle," i, 27, 270, 271.
Audubon (Montgomery County, Pennsylvania), i, 102.
_Audubon and his Journals_, i, 22.
Audubon Association and Societies, history and aims of, i, 14.
Audubonian Epoch and Period in American ornithology, i, 10.
Aukland, Sir J. D., i, 377.
Ayres, W. O., Audubon, on collecting quadrupeds, to, ii, 229-230,
277.
Bachman, Rev. John, i, 291, 293;
meeting and friendship with Audubon, ii, 5, 9;
to Mrs. Audubon, ii, 5;
Audubon's gift of his _Birds of America_ to, ii, 7;
as canvasser for Audubon, ii, 27;
Audubon to, ii, 27;
to Audubon, ii, 32-33, 51;
buzzard experiments, ii, 55-56, 57, 59, 61;
publication of his paper on the Turkey Buzzard, ii, 56;
on Audubon's working habits, ii, 63-65;
account of experiments on the sense of sight and smell in
vultures, ii, 81-83;
Audubon to, on the effects of overwork, ii, 140-141, 146;
on conditions in the South, ii, 148;
Audubon's winter with, ii, 156;
marriage of daughter of, ii, 166;
in London, ii, 178, 179, 184;
to Audubon on his "Small Edition of Birds" and _Quadrupeds_,
ii, 208-209;
marriage of the daughter of, ii, 210;
on his coöperation with Audubon in the _Quadrupeds_,
ii, 210-211, 216, 220;
to Audubon on the _Quadrupeds_, ii, 243-244, 258-259;
on the _Quadrupeds of North America_, ii, 261-263, 269-272,
281-283;
calls for help, ii, 262;
Audubon to, on mischief-making of a "mutual friend," and the
letterpress of the _Quadrupeds_, ii, 264-267;
on Audubon in 1845, ii, 268;
his ultimatum to Edward Harris as mediator, ii, 268-270;
on Audubon's Missouri River Journal, ii, 271;
difficulties of coöperation, ii, 273;
domestic bereavement, ii, 274;
his second marriage, ii, 281;
working methods, ii, 281;
facsimile letter, ii, 282;
manuscript on the _Quadrupeds_, ii, 283;
early life and career, ii, 284;
on Alexander von Humboldt, ii, 284;
on Audubon in 1848, ii, 288;
completion of the text of the _Quadrupeds_, ii, 291;
recommendation of Victor Audubon and statement of his part
and interest in the work, ii, 292-293, 311.
Bachman, Mrs. John (Harriet Martin), death of, ii, 274.
Bachman, Mrs. John (Maria Martin), marriage of, ii, 281.
Bachman, Maria Rebecca. _See_ Mrs. John Woodhouse Audubon.
Bachman, Mary Eliza. _See_ Mrs. Victor Gifford Audubon.
Baco, mayor of Nantes, proclamation of, i, 74.
Baird, Spencer Fullerton, his friendship with Audubon,
ii, 218-220;
Audubon to, ii, 219-222, 232-233;
discovers new birds, ii, 219, 221, 225;
visits Audubon in New York, ii, 230;
to Audubon, ii, 231-232, 235;
correspondence with Audubon on the Missouri expedition,
ii, 239-241, 248-250, 252, 259;
dedication of Audubon to, ii, 259-260;
Coues on, ii, 260;
correspondence with Audubon on quadrupeds, ii, 263, 264,
272-273, 274-278;
on Pennant's marten, ii, 263;
first visit to Audubon, ii, 264;
on fate of Audubon's copper-plates, ii, 267;
his marriage and appointment in Dickinson College, ii, 276;
on Victor Audubon's gift, ii, 278;
on the curatorship of the Smithsonian Institution, ii, 279;
his recommendations by Audubon, ii, 279;
last letter and visit to Audubon, ii, 288.
Bakewell, Benjamin, as protégé of young Audubon, i, 125;
Audubon's engagement with, i, 153, 154-155, 171-172;
his establishment, correspondents and clerks, i, 153-154;
his residence and previous business career, i, 154;
his New York business and correspondents, i, 155;
dealings with Claude François Rozier, as told in Audubon's
letters, i, 156-158, 161-163, 164-166;
ruin of his trade by the Embargo Act, i, 172;
his business dealings with Audubon and Rozier, i, 186, 193;
emigration to America and establishment in New Haven, i, 201;
Wilson at his glass works in Pittsburgh, i, 204.
Bakewell, Eliza. _See_ Mrs. Nicholas Augustus Berthoud.
Bakewell, Rev. Gordon, on Audubon's birth, i, 69;
Audubon's portrait of, i, 69.
Bakewell, G. W., on William Bakewell, i, 99.
Bakewell, John, i, 200.
Bakewell, Joseph, i, 200.
Bakewell, Lucy Green. _See_ Mrs. John James Audubon.
Bakewell, Robert, i, 200, 377.
Bakewell, Thomas Woodhouse (of Crith, Derbyshire), i, 200.
Bakewell, Thomas Woodhouse, i, 153;
statement of accounts of Audubon & Rozier with his uncle's
estate, i, 193; _see also_ ii, 354-355;
letter to Audubon & Rozier, i, 196;
failure of his commission business with Audubon at New
Orleans, i, 248;
second partnership with Audubon, and history of their mill
enterprise at Henderson, i, 254-255, 259;
lease of land, i, 254;
investment in mill, i, 255;
withdrawal from business partnership, i, 256;
subsequent successful career at Pittsburgh and Cincinnati,
i, 259;
his financial reverses, fortitude and death, i, 259.
Bakewell, William, his purchase of "Fatland Ford" and
settlement upon this estate, i, 99, 108;
his daughter, Lucy Green, i, 108-110;
his private accounts and aid to Audubon and Rozier, i, 125;
sale of a portion of his farm in the interests of his
daughter, i, 198;
to Audubon and Rozier regarding the sale, i, 199;
his family and history, i, 200;
emigration to the United States and business at New Haven,
i, 201;
death of his first wife, i, 201;
his second marriage, i, 201;
his death, i, 201;
death of his second wife, i, 201;
financial assistance to son by, i, 255.
Bakewell, William Gifford, record of a visit to "Mill Grove,"
i, 111-112, 427; ii, 252.
Bakewell, Mrs. William Gifford, ii, 302.
Banks, Sir Joseph, ii, 117.
Barraband, Pierre Paul (1767-1809), his method of drawing birds,
i, 184, 404.
Bartram, Anne, i, 215.
Bartram, John, and his Botanic Gardens, i, 215.
Bartram, William, as mentor to Alexander Wilson, i, 212;
Wilson, in letter to, i, 213;
his hospitality, i, 214, 216;
his niece, and the Botanic Gardens of his father, i, 215;
on numbers of American birds, ii, 214.
_Bascanion._ _See_ Black snake.
Bayou Sara, introduction of Audubon to, i, 309;
life of Audubon at, i, 314-318;
village and origin of name of, i, 314.
Bazin, Eugène, translations by, i, 360.
Beates, Frederick, purchase and sale of "Mill Grove" by, i, 169.
Beer, William, i, 143, 155.
Bell, John, ii, 252;
dedication of Audubon to, ii, 253.
Benedict, Jennett, Audubon's itinerant portrait of, i, 342.
Benedict, Jesse, ii, 311.
Berthoud, Mme., death of, i, 326.
Berthoud, Nicholas Augustus, i, 197, 256, 303, 309;
engagement of Victor G. Audubon with, i, 325;
mother and family name of, i, 326, 427; ii, 27, 28, 33, 36,
37, 38, 130.
Berthoud, Mrs. Nicholas Augustus, i, 326; ii, 303.
Besant, Sir Walter, on London in 1837, i, 355, 395.
Best, Robert, and the Western Museum, i, 303, 306.
Bewick, Thomas, Audubon's visit to, i, 375; ii, 142.
Bibliography, i, 15; ii, 401-456.
Bien, J., and Company, ii, 396.
"Bird of Washington" ("_Aquila washingtonii_"), Audubon's
supposed discovery of, i, 241, 400, 406; ii, 185.
_Birds of America_ (folio), cost and rarity of, i, 4;
defects in drawings of, i, 174, 184-185;
destruction of drawings designed for, i, 179, 320-321;
in embryo, i, 180-183;
presentation copies of, i, 356;
plans of publication, i, 343;
first subscriber to, i, 353;
first engraved plate of, i, 359;
Lizars' part in engraving of, i, 359;
issue of first number of, i, 362;
first prospectus of, i, 373, _see also_ ii, 386-388;
title of, i, 381;
the Havells in relation to, i, 380-385;
rebirth of, in London, i, 384;
the singular history of plate No. iii, i, 384;
difficulties with colorists, i, 389;
the Queen as patroness, i, 392;
revision of drawings, i, 398;
Swainson's review, i, 403;
progress of, i, 405;
Cuvier's report, i, 413;
Bachman as canvasser for, ii, 27;
Thomas H. Perkins' copy, ii, 29;
Audubon's directions for dispatch of parts of, ii, 37;
his financial accounts with, ii, 37;
American subscribers, ii, 36-41;
insurance of drawings for, ii, 40;
editorial comment, ii, 41;
revolt of patrons at extension of plan, ii, 170, 174;
Audubon on extra plates and partial subscribers to, ii, 174;
completion of, ii, 177;
Audubon on residual stock of plates, ii, 188-190;
uncolored plates of, ii, 190;
on insurance of copper-plates of, ii, 191;
intimate history of the engravers and plates, with manual
for collectors, ii, 191-199;
story told in artists' and engravers' captions or legends,
ii, 196-198;
dates, errors and editions in plates, ii, 196-198;
original and present known numbers of complete sets, ii, 201;
Audubon's and Havell's copies of, ii, 204;
original and present prices, ii, 204;
curious attest of J. P. Hall, ii, 205;
original drawings for plates, ii, 304;
manuscript records and legends on original drawings, ii, 305;
story of fate of original copper-plates of, ii, 295, 306-309;
final lists of subscribers, ii, 380-385;
prospectus of 1828, ii, 386-388.
_Birds of America_ (in octavo), prospectus, ii, 208-212, 214;
agents' original and present prices of, ii, 211;
titles on original parts, ii, 213;
beginning of publication, ii, 214;
number of birds and doubtful species, ii, 214;
Audubon as canvasser for, ii, 215-217;
remarkable success of, ii, 217;
account-book of Audubon in business of, ii, 217;
William Yarrell on, ii, 223;
"Parkman's Wren" in, ii, 228;
expense of publication of, ii, 230.
_Birds of America_ (partial American issue in folio), ii, 296;
residual stock of plates of, ii, 297;
original prospectus of, ii, 389-391.
_Birds of Europe_, ii, 122;
anecdote of, ii, 123.
Blackbird, Red-winged (_Angelaius phœniceus_), Ord's charge
concerning Audubon's drawing of, i, 228.
Black Cocks (_Tetrao tetrix_), original painting of, i, 363, 366.
Black snake, "blue racer" (_Bascanion constrictor_), confused
with rattlesnake, ii, 76.
_Blackwood's Magazine_, John Wilson on Audubon and Kidd, i, 447;
John Wilson on Audubon, ii, 139.
Blanchard, Jean François, as attorney of Jean Audubon at Les
Cayes, i, 85.
Blue Jays (_Cyanocitta cristata_), painting of, i, 397.
Bohn, Henry G., on Audubon's drawings, i, 357.
Bonaparte, Charles Lucien, introduces Audubon at Philadelphia,
i, 328;
his career and work as an ornithologist, i, 329-331;
his artist and engravers, i, 330;
Audubon's contribution to his _American Ornithology_, i, 330;
his account of the Wild Turkey, i, 331;
characterization by a contemporary, i, 334;
his subscription to _The Birds of America_, i, 380, 385;
to Audubon, i, 416-419, 423; ii, 40, 49-50, 96, 98, 106, 107,
108, 110, 112, 118;
Audubon to, ii, 119;
his list of American birds, ii, 120;
his comment on Audubon's work, ii, 120, 169;
on publication of new species by, ii, 173, 176, 184, 214, 224.
Bonnabel, Antonio, acquisition of lands from, by Bernard
Marigny, i, 70.
Boone, Daniel, Audubon's characterization of, criticized, i, 281.
Bossals and Creoles in Santo Domingo, i, 42, 47.
_Boston Patriot_, ii, 50.
Bouffard, Catharine, designation of, in legal documents, i, 56;
mother of Muguet (Rosa Audubon), i, 56;
her appearance in France, i, 56;
mother of Louise, i, 56.
Bouffard, Louise, inquiry concerning, i, 56;
her birth, i, 67, 130.
Boulart (General), letter to Citizen Audubon, i, 80.
Bowen, Samuel Adams, his steamboat at Henderson, i, 236;
Audubon's encounter with, i, 257-259;
suit against Audubon by, i, 258;
conclusion of bench in action brought by, i, 259.
Bradford, Mrs. J. L., i, 13.
Bradford, Samuel F., as publisher of Wilson's _American
Ornithology_, i, 217, 219.
Bragdon, Sam L., i, 348.
Braud, William, Audubon as teacher in family of, i, 318;
Mrs. Audubon's engagement with family of, i, 322.
Brewer, Thomas Mayo, ii, 8;
Audubon on the rattlesnake, ii, 79, 150;
Audubon to, ii, 152-153, 165-166, 168-169, 175, 209;
on Audubon in 1846, ii, 286-288.
Brewster, Sir David, i, 362; ii, 84.
_Brilliant_, Jean Audubon's encounter with, i, 82.
Broadnax, Henry P., judge in case of Samuel Adams Bowen and
others vs. Audubon, i, 258;
his decision in a case of assault, i, 259.
Brown, Capt. Thomas, curious history of _Illustrations of the
American Ornithology_ by, i, 443-445;
limited circulation, rarity and piratical character of the
work, i, 443-445;
his _Illustrations of the Genera of Birds_, i, 444;
contemporary and later notices of his atlas, i, 444.
Buchanan, Robert Williams, true story of his _Life_ of Audubon,
i, 18-22;
his struggles, talents, idiosyncrasies and death, i, 19, 21, 22.
Buckland, William, D.D., i, 377.
Buffalo (New York), Audubon's visit to, in 1824, i, 340.
Buffalo hunting on the Upper Missouri and Yellowstone in 1843,
ii, 254-256.
Bullen, George E., i, 400, 403.
Bulow, John, welcome of Audubon and their adventures at his
plantation, ii, 15-20.
Bunting, Henslow's (_Passerhebulus henslowi_), i, 354.
Burchell, William John, ii, 97, 105.
Bureau, Louis, i, 143, 149;
manuscript letters of, i, 154.
Burns, Robert, relations of Alexander Wilson with, i, 208.
Butler, Benjamin F., ii, 153.
Butterflies, as food of birds, i, 358.
_Cabinet Cyclopædia_, Swainson in, ii, 113.
Caire, Louis P., to Lafayette, i, 352.
_Caledonian Mercury_, Notice of Jameson's edition of Wilson
and Bonaparte's _Ornithology_ in, i, 442;
notice of Jardine's edition in, i, 442-443, 446;
Audubon to Kidd in, ii, 2;
on the Wilson-Audubon obituary, ii, 3.
Call, Richard Ellsworth, i, 287, 299.
Camden (New Jersey), work of Audubon at, i, 421, 426; ii, 26-27,
30.
Campbell, Sir Archibald, ii, 30.
Cap, P. A., i, 360.
_Caporal, Le petit_, date of original drawing of, i, 180.
Carolina Paroquet (_Conuropsis carolinensis_), early drawing of,
i, 180.
Carrier, Jean Baptiste, mission and infamy of, i, 75;
denounced by Julien, i, 76;
reign of terror at Nantes under, i, 75;
recall of, i, 76.
Cass, Lewis, ii, 52.
Catlin, George, ii, 254.
Cayes (Les Cayes), delivery of slaves at, i, 31;
Jean Audubon's business interests in, i, 39;
its pre-revolutionary importance, i, 38;
corruption of its name, i, 38;
slave trade at, i, 39-41;
first touched by the Revolution, i, 50;
birth of Fougère (John James Audubon), and Muguet (Rosa
Audubon), at, i, 52-53, 56;
Jean Audubon's fortune and financial losses at, i, 82;
final settlement of Jean Audubon's estate at, i, 268.
Cedar-bird (_Bombycilla cedrorum_), habits of, i, 423.
Central Committee (at Nantes), extract from register of, i, 134.
_Century of Birds_, ii, 121.
_Cerberus_, Jean Audubon's command of, and encounter in, i, 82.
Chapelain, Doctor, as witness, i, 153.
Charette, siege of Nantes under, i, 74;
execution of, i, 76.
Charles X, patronage of, i, 3-4, 27.
Charleston, meeting of Audubon and Bachman at, ii, 5, 9;
Audubon's tribute to hospitality of people at, ii, 10;
bird-hunting at, ii, 10;
return of Audubon's party, ii, 25;
Bachman's services at, ii, 284.
Chat, Yellow-breasted (_Icteria virens_), Audubon's original
drawing of, i, 425.
Chevalier, J. B., ii, 211, 216, 222, 226, 234.
Children, John George, i, 377;
his career and friendship with Audubon, i, 379-380, 420, 437;
ii, 34, 56, 59, 199.
_Chouanerie_, i, 27.
Chuck-will's-widow (_Antrostomus carolinensis_), Audubon's
early drawing of, i, 182.
Cincinnati (Ohio), in 1810, i, 205;
record of earthquakes at, i, 280;
settlement of Audubon at, i, 303;
Dr. Drake and the Western Museum, i, 303-306;
early "Notice concerning," and activities of Dr. Drake,
i, 304-306;
organization of a college and medical school, i, 305;
Audubon stranded at, i, 344.
Cincinnati College, relations of Dr. Daniel Drake to, i, 304;
foundation and first president of, i, 305.
Clapp, Wellington, ii, 310.
Clay, Henry, i, 307, 372, 378, 396.
Clifford, John O., i, 290.
Clinton, De Witt, i, 2, 218, 339.
Cochereau, Matthew, painting of David's studio by, i, 177.
Coirond Brothers, i, 33, 38.
Coirond (Coyron), Mme., i, 86.
Coit, Rev. Dr. Henry Augustus, ii, 43.
Coit, Rev. Dr. Joseph, ii, 43.
Coleman, William A., Audubon to, ii, 174.
Colles, George W., on Audubon's account of the rattlesnake,
ii, 76.
Collett, Tobias, i, 103.
Colnaghi and Company, i, 383.
Colson, Augustus, i, 342.
_Columbus_, incident on voyage of, i, 312.
Combe, Andrew, i, 361.
Cook, Capt. James, i, 377.
Coolidge, Joseph, ii, 43, 50.
Cooper, Thomas, and the climbing habits of the rattlesnake,
ii, 53-54, 77-78;
to Audubon, ii, 78.
Coot, Audubon's early drawing of, i, 178.
Couëron, discovery of documents at, i, 53;
settlement of Jean Audubon at, i, 57, 83;
condition in 1793, i, 80, 137;
the D'Orbignys at, i, 127-128, 130;
history and characteristics of, i, 136-140;
present industry and population of, i, 137;
record of visit to, in 1913, i, 138-140;
_grand calvaire_ at, i, 139;
history of Audubon's boyhood home at, i, 140-145.
Coues, Elliott, on Audubon, i, 110;
on Alexander Wilson, i, 213; ii, 129.
_Count of Artois_ (_Le Comte d'Artois_), encounter of Jean
Audubon, and his capture in, i, 32;
armament and fate of, i, 33;
bill of sale of, i, 33;
unsettled claims concerning, i, 121, 265.
Couper, William, bust of Audubon, by, i, 13.
Cowles, Charles A., story of his rescue of a remnant of
Audubon's copper-plates, ii, 307.
Crane, Whooping (_Grus americana_), i, 227.
Crosby, Fortunatus (Judge), court record under, i, 260.
_Crusader_, Audubon's adventures in, ii, 157-163.
Culbertson, Alexander, ii, 271.
Cummings, Capt. James, i, 307; ii, 69, 258.
Cushing, Caleb, ii, 241.
Cuvier, Baron Georges, his eulogy on Audubon's _Birds_, i, 1;
his patronage, i, 2;
his death, i, 4;
report at the Royal Academy of Sciences, i, 174, 412-413;
Audubon's description of, i, 410-411; ii, 101, 142, 448.
Cyclopædia, New American, Wilson's editorial work on,
i, 216-217, 219.
Dacosta, Francis, and the Prevost mortgage, i, 106;
first appearance at "Mill Grove," and his interest in its
mine, i, 113;
early exploitation, i, 114;
as Lieutenant Audubon's attorney and guardian of his son,
i, 114;
his purchase of a one-half interest, i, 114;
his salary and grievances, i, 115;
difficulties with young Audubon and with the mine, i, 115;
correspondence of Lieutenant Audubon, i, 116-123;
Lieutenant Audubon's appeal in answer to complaints, i, 118;
instructions for settlement of claims, i, 121-123;
rebellion of young Audubon, i, 123;
his praise of Audubon's drawings, i, 124;
succeeded by Audubon and Rozier, i, 132;
called to account, i, 146;
acquisition of the remaining Audubon and Rozier interests,
i, 148-150;
his "_rôle_ of chicaner," i, 151, 158;
his failure and disputed claim, i, 168;
award of arbitrators in case, i, 168;
reproduction of his contested accounts, ii, 355-358.
"Dalmahoy," Audubon's visit to, i, 363.
Darwin, Charles, i, 354, 399.
Darwin, Erasmus, i, 200.
David, Jacques Louis, i, 3, 174, 175, 176;
his revolutionary ardor, patriotism and popularity, i, 174, 176;
his exile and death, i, 174;
his portrait of the mayor of Nantes, i, 174-176;
his reception at Nantes, i, 175;
his address to the Municipal Assembly, i, 175;
his studios and pupils at the Louvre, i, 177;
his works and influence, i, 177;
influence on Audubon's style, i, 178.
Davis, Isaac P., ii, 151;
on Webster's copy of _The Birds of America_, ii, 152.
Davy, Sir Humphry, i, 356, 377, 379.
Deane, Ruthven, i, 246, 444, 448; ii, 14, 188;
on copies of _The Birds of America_ in America, ii, 203,
204, 211, 263, 293;
on the copper-plates of _The Birds of America_, ii, 307-309.
Debtors, terrors of, in England, i, 395.
Declaration of Rights, voted by the National Assembly of
France, and its effect upon Santo Domingo, i, 37, 49.
De Genlis, Stephanie-Felicité, i, 163.
De Kervegan, Daniel, popularity and portrait of, as mayor of
Nantes, i, 175.
De La Luzerne, his recommendation of Jean Audubon, i, 32, 34.
_Delos_, Audubon's voyage on, i, 347-350;
subsequent fate of, i, 348.
De Marigny, Ecuyer Sieur, and his family, i, 69;
true story of his family, and of "Fontainebleau," which has
been erroneously attributed to him, i, 69;
his summer house at Mandeville, i, 71.
Derby, Earl of, ii, 146.
De Vaugeon, Mme. Lejeune, i, 28;
suit by, i, 262.
De Vaugeon, Pierre, i, 27.
De Wimpffen, Baron. _See_ Francis Alexander Stanilaus.
Dickinson College, Baird's appointment and position at, ii, 268,
276.
Dodge, William E., ii, 307.
D'Orbigny, Alcide Charles Victor, i, 128.
D'Orbigny, Dr. Charles Marie, as friend of young Audubon,
i, 120, 127-128;
his family, i, 128;
Audubon as godfather to son of, i, 128;
financial troubles of, i, 128-130;
Gabriel Loyen du Puigaudeau to, i, 129;
as debtor to Lieutenant Audubon's estate, i, 129;
inquiries concerning, i, 130;
as witness, i, 153;
Audubon's correspondence with, i, 160, 163, 171.
D'Orbigny, Charles (the younger), i, 128.
D'Orbigny, Gaston Edouard, birth and baptism of, i, 128.
Dorlan, William R., ii, 302.
Drake, Dr. Daniel, and Alexander Wilson, i, 305;
record of earthquakes at Cincinnati by, i, 280;
his engagement of Audubon as taxidermist, i, 303;
his foundation of the Western Museum and Audubon's connection
with it, i, 304-306;
his varied activities, i, 304;
his early "Notice concerning Cincinnati," i, 304;
his organization of the Cincinnati College and medical school,
i, 305;
his troubles with rivals, i, 306;
his appointment at the Transylvania University, i, 306.
Duck, Labrador (_Camptorhynchus labradorius_), at Bradore Bay,
ii, 48;
extinction of, ii, 48, 152.
Duck, "Velvet," White-winged Scoter (_Oidemia deglandi_),
Audubon's early drawing of, i, 182;
description of, i, 182.
Duncan, William, i, 208; ii, 284.
Dunkin, Judge, i, 260; ii, 64.
Dupré (Tête-Carée), raid of Nantes by, i, 77.
Du Puigaudeau, Gabriel Loyen, Audubon's power of attorney to,
i, 64;
to D'Orbigny, i, 128-130;
to J. Cornet, i, 130;
his marriage, i, 131;
his family, occupation and residence, i, 132;
to Audubon, i, 266-269.
Du Puigaudeau, Mme. Gabriel Loyen. _See_ Rosa Audubon.
Du Puigaudeau, Gabriel Loyen (the Second), death of at "Les
Tourterelles," i, 269.
Eagle, "Brown." _See_ "Bird of Washington."
Eagle, Golden (_Aquila chrysaëtos_), Audubon's drawing of, ii, 35.
Eagle, "Washington's." _See_ "Bird of Washington."
Eagle, White-headed (_Haliæetus leucocephalus_), Audubon's
original drawing of, i, 310.
Eagle and Lamb, original painting of, i, 394-396, 405, 406.
Earthquakes in the Ohio and Mississippi Valleys, 1811-1813;
casual and exact records of, i, 279.
Eckley, David, dedication of copy of _The Birds of America_ to,
ii, 7;
history of copy formerly owned by, ii, 7; ii, 150.
Ecton Consolidated Mining Company, i, 169.
Edinburgh, first visit and success of Audubon at, i, 357-373;
beginning of _The Birds of America_ at, i, 358;
exhibition of Audubon's drawings at, i, 359;
meeting with Sir Walter Scott at, i, 365;
issue of Audubon's Prospectus at, i, 373.
_Edinburgh Literary Journal_, notice of Brown's _Illustrations
of the American Ornithology_ in, i, 443.
_Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal_, ii, 111.
Edward (Ezekiel Edwards?), unsettled claim of Jean Audubon
against, i, 121.
Edwards, Bryan, on the products and wealth of French Santo
Domingo, i, 30;
on the Santo Domingo blacks, i, 43.
Edwards, Ezekiel, i, 121.
Eggleston, Thomas, i, 13.
_Elaps_. _See_ Coral snake.
Embargo Act, of President Jefferson, effect of, on Audubon
and Rozier, i, 193.
"Episodes." _See Ornithological Biography_.
Evans, Roland, acquisition of "Mill Grove" by, i, 105.
Everett, Edward, patronage and aid of, i, 435;
letters of, i, 436, 448-451;
his efforts for the removal of import duties on _The Birds
of America_, i, 448;
his nomination of Audubon to fellowship in the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences, i, 450; ii, 5, 23, 64;
_Falco Cooperii_ (_Accipiter cooperi_), i, 330, 417. _See_
"Stanley Hawk."
"Fatland Ford," William Bakewell's acquisition of, i, 98, 108,
201;
mansion house and farm of, i, 108;
Audubon's introduction to, i, 108;
Generals Washington and Howe at, i, 108;
marriage of Lucy Bakewell at, i, 194;
realization of Mrs. Audubon in, i, 198.
Faxon, Walter, i, 144.
Featherstonhaugh, G. W., Rafinesque's reply to, i, 294;
on Audubon's plans, ii, 4;
Audubon's Florida letters to, ii, 8-14, 15-22;
suspension of _Journal_ of, ii, 23, 28, 84.
Feliciana, West, characteristics of, i, 314-315;
former prosperity of, i, 323.
Finch, MacGillivray's, MacGillivray's Seaside Sparrow
(_Passerhebulus maritimus macgillivraii_), i, 354.
Fisher, Miers, as Jean Audubon's attorney and protégé of his
son, i, 99;
Jean Audubon to, i, 100;
residence in Philadelphia, i, 106;
and the Prevost mortgage, i, 106, 122;
succeeded by Dacosta, i, 113-114, 120-122;
as counselor of Audubon and Rozier, i, 148, 149, 160, 167;
resumption of duties as agent and attorney by, i, 168.
Fitzpatrick, T. J., i, 287, 292, 299.
Flatboats, on the Ohio River in 1810, i, 234;
convenience of, i, 234;
cost of, at Pittsburgh, i, 235;
time of passage of, from Pittsburgh to New Orleans, i, 235;
floating trade of, i, 234.
Flicker (_Colaptes auratus_), original painting of, i, 363.
Florida, Audubon's explorations in, ii, 12-25;
Audubon, on the future of the east coast of, ii, 20.
Floyd, John, ii, 5.
Flycatcher, Least (_Empidonax minimus_), discovery by the
Baird brothers, in 1843, ii, 225.
Flycatcher, "Selby's," i, 354.
Flycatcher, "Small Green-crested," i, 425.
Flycatcher, "Small-headed," curious history of, i, 218, 226-227;
reference to, by Thomas Nuttall, i, 227;
identifications of, by Cowes and Baird, i, 227; ii, 215.
Flycatcher, Traill's (_Empidonax trailli_), i, 354.
"Fontainebleau," myth and true story of, i, 69, 71.
Formon de Boisclair, Jean Audubon's dealings with, and
claims against, i, 33-34, 121, 265, 338. _See_ Lacroix,
Formon & Jacques.
Fort Union, Audubon's experiences at, ii, 254-256.
Fougère, i, 53, 57, 59, 61; ii, 328, 329. _See_ Jean Jacques
Fougère Audubon.
Francis, C. S., and Company, ii, 203.
Francis, David G., ii, 204.
_Franklin Journal_, Audubon's article, and Jones' "Romance of
the Rattlesnake" in, ii, 72.
Fulton, Robert, first steamer on the Ohio River, built by, i, 236.
Gallatin, Albert, i, 377;
Audubon's interview with, i, 390.
Galt, W. C., i, 197.
Gannet Rock, Audubon's account of approach to, i, 9.
Gannets (_Sula bassana_), i, 10.
Gaston, William, aid rendered Audubon by, at Savannah, ii, 25, 59.
General Assembly (Santo Domingo), new Constitution of, i, 49.
Geoffrey Saint-Hilaire, i, 411.
George IV, Gallatin on, i, 390.
George Street (Edinburgh), Audubon's apartments in, i, 437.
Gill, Theodore, i, 444; ii, 113.
Girard, Stephen, his reputed interest in Dacosta's mining
enterprises at "Mill Grove," i, 149.
Godwin, Parke, on Audubon's drawing of quadrupeds, ii, 236;
on a visit to Audubon at "Minnie's Land," ii, 236-238;
on Audubon in 1845, ii, 238.
Goodspeed, Charles E., i, 384, ii, 26, 190.
Gordon, Mrs. Alexander, ii, 302.
Gould, John, Bonaparte on, ii, 121;
Audubon on, ii, 121;
works of, ii, 121;
charges against, ii, 122;
anecdote of, ii, 123;
financial success of publications of, ii, 124; 224-225.
Gould, Mrs. John, Audubon on, ii, 121.
Grackle, Boat-tailed (_Megaquiscalus major_), Audubon's
drawing in Bonaparte's _Ornithology_, i, 330.
Gray, Asa, ii, 81.
Gray, John Edward, i, 354, 380, 444;
dedication to, ii, 280;
to J. W. Audubon, ii, 281.
Gray's Ferry (now Philadelphia), settlement of Alexander
Wilson as teacher at, i, 210, 211, 212, 216.
Great Bend (of the Mississippi), Audubon's and Rozier's
experience at, in 1810, i, 240.
Great Egg Harbor, work of Audubon at, i, 421, 424;
visit of Wilson and Ord, i, 422;
drawings of Audubon, i, 425.
Great Pine Forest (_Mauch Chunk_), sojourn and work of Audubon
at, i, 423, 425-426.
Great Russell Street (London), old print dealer of, i, 11-12, 377.
_Great Western_, ii, 190.
Grinnell, George Bird, ii, 283, 299, 309.
Groundhog, Audubon's early drawing of, i, 181.
Guépin, M. A., i, 73, 77.
Günther, Albert, on Rafinesque's letters and character, i, 297;
on Swainson and his correspondence, i, 400-403.
Hackberry, in the Ohio River basin, i, 188.
Haines, Reuben, visit of Audubon to "Mill Grove" with, i, 335, 339.
Haiti, i, 38, 52.
Hall, Capt. Basil, on the _Leander_, i, 364;
as Audubon's friend, i, 365, 367;
to John Murray, i, 378; return to England from the United
States, i, 407.
Hall, Harrison, publication of, i, 329; ii, 98.
Hall, James, notorious review of, i, 329; ii, 98.
Hall, J. Prescott, memorandum regarding _The Birds of America_,
ii, 204.
Hardin, John, ii, 295.
Harlan, Richard, i, 328;
on Ord, i, 328-329, 333, 334, 407, 439; ii, 9;
on Abert, ii, 3;
Audubon to, ii, 14;
to Mrs. Audubon, ii, 14;
to Audubon, ii, 28-29, 58.
Harris, Edward, meeting with Audubon, i, 331;
his friendships and career, i, 331, 333;
early letters to Audubon, i, 332, 344;
Audubon to, i, 448; ii, 26-27, 30, 31, 40-41,64-66, 125, 132,
134, 141-144, 147-148, 149, 151, 155, 157, 165, 170-173,
175, 182, 184-186, 234, 287;
memento to, ii, 49;
to Audubon, ii, 251;
dedication to, ii, 253;
Bachman's ultimatum to, ii, 268-270;
in _rôle_ of mediator, ii, 270;
Bachman to, ii, 291.
Harrison, William Henry, i, 307.
Harvard University, drawings and manuscripts at, i, 180, 307-308.
Haskell, Rev. John, ii, 271, 283.
Hatch, Capt. Joseph E., i, 347.
Havell, Daniel, i, 382.
Havell, George, i, 382.
Havell Henry Augustus, i, 382; ii, 189, 190, 191-192.
Havell, Robert, Senior, his family, i, 381-383;
his shop in Newman Street, i, 382;
partnership with his son, i, 383;
their enterprise in undertaking _The Birds of America_, i, 384;
his death, i, 384;
their relationship as read in the legends of Audubon's
plates, ii, 195-198.
Havell, Robert, Junior, i, 12;
Audubon's discovery of, i, 382;
a family of artists, i, 382;
partnership with his father and rebirth of _The Birds of
America_ in London, i, 384;
his "Zoölogical Gallery," i, 384;
advertisement of his business, i, 386;
story of the Prothonotary Warbler, i, 383-384, 405;
Swainson on, i, 414;
Audubon to, i, 433; ii, 33, 34, 35, 38;
to Audubon, ii, 51, 57, 58, 62, 174, 180, 186;
Audubon on closing up his business, ii, 188-191;
settlement in the United States, ii, 191-192;
his work, characteristics and death, ii, 192;
Audubon's memento to, ii, 192;
his genius and mastery of aquatint, ii, 193-195;
as Audubon's engraver, ii, 195;
history of his engravings of Audubon's _Birds_, ii, 196-198;
his copy of the work, ii, 203.
Havell, Robert, & Son, i, 12.
Havell, William, i, 383.
Haverhill (New Hampshire), experience of Alexander Wilson at,
i, 219.
Hawk, Cooper's. _See Falco Cooperii_.
Hawk, Great-footed, Duck Hawk (_Falco peregrinus anatum_),
original drawing of, i, 311.
Hawk, Harlan's (_Buteo borealis harlani_), i, 311.
Hay, Robert William, i, 377, 379.
Henderson (Kentucky), removal of Audubon and Rozier to, i, 236;
settlement, early name and population of, i, 236;
game and character of the country at, in 1810, i, 236;
first Kentucky steamer built at, i, 236;
Audubon's activities in 1810, i, 237;
return of Audubon to, in 1811, i, 242;
houses of Dr. Adam Rankin, i, 248;
original plot of town, i, 250, 252;
his purchase of land at, i, 250, 252;
his log house and store, i, 252;
town records, i, 252;
record of earthquakes, i, 280;
Rafinesque's visit, i, 285-287.
Hendersonville. _See_ Henderson.
Henry, Joseph, ii, 279.
Henshaw, Samuel, i, 308; ii, 197.
Henslow, John Stevens, i, 354, 399.
Heppenstall, John, i, 394.
Herschel, Sir William, i, 377.
"Highfield Hall," residence of William Swainson near
Tyttenhanger Green, i, 403.
_Hirundo serripennis_ (_Stelgidopteryx serripennis_), ii, 186.
Historical Society (New York), unpublished drawing in
collections of, i, 228;
original drawings of _The Birds of America_ at, ii, 304-306.
_History of British Birds_ (MacGillivray), ii, 113, 114, 130, 135;
(Yarrell), ii, 223;
on his completion of, ii, 225.
Holden, Edward, to George Ramsden, i, 351.
Holland, Dr. Henry, i, 377.
Hollander, Edward, i, 276.
_Hope_, Audubon's voyage in, i, 125.
Hopkins, Rev. John Henry, Audubon's acquaintance with, at
Pittsburgh, i, 343.
Hopkins, Samuel, i, 252;
Audubon's purchase of land, i, 252.
Hopkinson, John, i, 400.
Houston, Sam, Audubon's visit to, ii, 163;
his characterization of, ii, 164.
Howe, General William, visit at "Fatland Ford," i, 108.
Humboldt, Baron Alexander von, i, 356;
and Bachman, ii, 284;
Bachman's account of dinner to, ii, 284.
Huntington, Archer M., ii, 310.
Huron, Laurence, engagement of Ferdinand Rozier, with, i, 153;
his business relations with the Bakewell firm and with Rozier,
the elder, i, 156-157, 159-161, 165;
his award in the settlement of the contested accounts of
Francis Dacosta, i, 168;
dealings of Audubon & Rozier, i, 186.
Ingalls, William, Parkman's recommendation of, ii, 42.
Indigo, history of Audubon's investment in, i, 193.
Indians (Shawnee), feather hunting of, i, 238;
incident at camp of, i, 239;
(Osage), Audubon's experience with, i, 240.
Irish, Jedediah, i, 425.
Irving, Washington, ii, 53, 153.
Jackson, Andrew, Audubon as model for portrait of, i, 338,
378, ii, 155;
Audubon on, ii, 156.
Jackson, Daydon, i, 400.
Jameson, Robert, i, 357;
edition of Wilson's and Bonaparte's _Ornithology_, i, 439,
442; ii, 84.
Jaquemel (Santo Domingo), planter's experience at, i, 44-48.
Jardine, Sir William, to Audubon, i, 440;
edition of Wilson and Bonaparte's _Ornithology_, i, 442;
ii, 102.
Jay, Harriet, on Robert Buchanan, i, 21.
Jeanes, Joseph Y., his collection of original Audubon drawings
and manuscripts, i, 180, 181; ii, 50, 375-379.
Jefferson, Thomas, Embargo Act of, i, 193;
on the numbers of species of American birds, ii, 214.
Jenner, Edward, announcement of discovery of vaccination, i, 55;
account of behavior of young cuckoo (_Cuculus canorus_)
discredited by Waterton, ii, 90.
Johnson, John, ii, 203.
Johnson, Samuel, on biography, i, 7.
Johnson, William Garrett, Audubon at home of, i, 427, 432;
engagement of Mrs. Audubon by, i, 431;
authorization to fill position at home of, i, 434.
Jordan, David Starr, i, 287, 291.
Joue, i, 54.
Julien (of Paris), heroic conduct of, i, 76.
Juniata River, i, 274, 277.
Keel boats, on the Ohio and Mississippi, i, 234;
Audubon's journey by, in 1810, i, 238-241.
Kidd, Dr. John, i, 399.
Kidd, Joseph Bartholomew, i, 363, 373, 443;
and the "Ornithological Gallery," i, 446;
Audubon to, ii, 1; 35, 57, 61, 62.
Kinder, Robert & Company, dealings of Audubon and Rozier with,
i, 186, 197-199; ii, 355.
King, Thomas Butler, ii, 11-12, 14.
Kingfisher (_Ceryle alcyon_), Audubon's early drawing of, i, 180.
Kirtland, Dr. Jared P., i, 291;
"Note Book" of, i, 292.
Kite, Mississippi (_Ictinia mississippiensis_), Ord's charge
concerning, i, 228;
similarity in one of Wilson's and Audubon's figures of, i, 228;
misnaming of sex in, i, 229;
Audubon's legends on original drawing of, i, 229;
Wilson's and Audubon's first experience with, i, 229-230; 316.
Knox, Dr. John, i, 358.
Koster, Henry, ii, 117.
Krudener, Baron, i, 436; ii, 38.
Labrador, Audubon's experiences in, ii, 45-49;
expense and results of expedition to, ii, 50.
_La Caille_, i, 29.
Lacroix, Formon de Boisclair & Jacques, Jean Audubon's claims
against, i, 33;
bills of slaves of, ii, 331-333; 338.
_La Dauphine_, i, 31.
Lafayette, Marquis de, Louis P. Caire to, i, 351.