AUDUBON JOURNAL 



A Man of Such Natural Talents and enterprise 

 could not be confined to the common drudgery of 

 the Money Making Annimal, and entered an officer 

 in the French Navy's Service under Louis the iG*** 

 was fortunate and Employed an Agent at St. Domingo 

 to Carry the trade — Every movement was a Happy 

 hit, he became Wealthy = the American Revolution 

 brought him to this Country Commander of a Frigate 

 under the Count Rochambeau, he had the honor of 

 being presented to the Great Washington, and Major 

 Croghan of Kentucky who has told me often that he 

 then Looked Much Like me was particularly well 

 acquainted with him. My Father was in several 

 Engagements in the American service and at the 

 taking of Lord Cornwallis — 



Before his Return to Europe he purchased a Beau- 

 tifull Farm on the Schuillkill and Perkioming Creek in 

 Pennsylvania; the Civil Wars of France and St. 

 Domingo, brought such heavy ravages of Fortune on 

 his head, that it was with the utmost Dificulty that 

 his Life Was Spared — 



he along with thousands now saw his Wealth Torn 

 from him, and had Little More left than was Necessary 

 to Live and Educate Two Children Left out of five- 

 having 3 older Brothers killed in the Wars — 



he remained in France reentered in the Service 

 under Bonaparte; but the French Navy prospered not 

 and he retired to a Small [but] beautifull Country Seat, 



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