CHRONOLOGY xli 



1807 



With Rozier decides to embark in trade in Kentucky. 

 August 1. — They purchase their first stock of goods in New 



York. 

 August 31. — Starts with Rozier for Louisville, where they open 



a pioneer store. 

 Their business suffers from the Embargo Act. 



1808 



April 5. — Married to Lucy Bakewell at "Fatland Ford," her 

 father's farm near Philadelphia, and returns with his bride 

 to Louisville. 



1809 



June 12. — Victor Gifford Audubon born at Gwathway's hotel, 

 the "Indian Queen," in Louisville. 



1810 



March. — Alexander Wilson, pioneer ornithologist, visits Audu- 

 bon at Louisville. 



Moves down river with Rozier to Redbanks (Henderson), Ken- 

 tucky. 



December. — Moves with Rozier again, and is held up by ice at 

 the mouth of the Ohio and at the Great Bend of the Mis- 

 sissippi, where they spend the winter. 



1811 



Reaches Sainte Genevieve, Upper Louisiana (Missouri), in 



early spring. 

 April 6. — Dissolves partnership with Rozier, and returns to 



Henderson afoot. 

 Joins in a commission business with his brother-in-law, Thomas 



W. Bakewell. 

 December.- — Meets Vincent Nolte when returning to Louisville 



from the East, and descends the Ohio in his flatboat. 



