AUDUBON'S BIRTH, NATIONALITY, AND PARENTAGE
Les Cayes—Audubon's French Creole mother—His early
names—Discovery of the Sanson bill with the only record
of his birth—Medical practice of an early day—Birth
of Muguet, Audubon's sister—Fougère and Muguet taken
to France—Audubon's adoption and baptism—His assumed
name—Dual personality in legal documents—Source of
published errors—Autobiographic records—Rise of enigma
and tradition—The Marigny myth 52