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and the partnership was dissolved on April 6, 1811, 

 Rozier paying part of the price in cash and the re- 

 mainder in notes. In referring to the incident in his 

 journal of 1820, Audubon wrote: "I parted with Mr. 

 Rozier, and walked to Henderson in four days — 165 



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SIGNATURE TO THE RELEASE GIVEN BY AUDUBON TO FERDINAND ROZIER ON THE 

 DISSOLUTION OF THEIR PARTNERSHIP AT STE. GENEVIEVE, APRIL 6, 1811. 



From the Tom J. Rozier MSS. 



miles" ; but this does not agree with a later account, in 

 which he spoke of having "purchased a beauty of a 

 horse," and, happy in the prospect of again seeing his 

 family, set out for Dr. Rankin's house in Kentucky. 

 In the earlier record he also wrote that he once had a 

 friend in trade, referring to Ferdinand Rozier, "with 

 whom he did not agree, and so they parted forever"; 

 but Audubon visited Ste. Genevieve in the autumn of 

 1811 and in the winter of 1812, probably for the pur- 

 pose of collecting his money and settling his affairs, 

 while the following letters of this period show that 



