Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2)Herrick, Francis Hobart
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Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2)
Herrick, Francis Hobart
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
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;
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