FIRST VENTURES IN BUSINESS AT NEW YORK, AND SEQUEL TO
THE "MILL GROVE" MINE
Audubon and Rosier at "Mill Grove"—Their partnership
rules—Attempts to form a mining company lead to
disappointment—Decision to sell their remaining
interests in "Mill Grove" to Dacosta—Division of the
property and legal entanglements—Audubon as a clerk
in New York—Business correspondence and letters to his
father—Later history of the lead mine and Dacosta—Audubon
continues his drawings in New York and works for Dr.
Mitchell's Museum—Forsakes the counting-room for the
fields—Personal sketch 146