168 Deane, An Unpublished Letter of John James Audubon. [April 



I will remit money to Phila. and will let you know how much 

 as soon as I can. The box has arrived here safely and tomorrow 

 or Monday I will deliver Biographies^ &c. Dr. Pottei*^ is very ill 

 and poor and yet I hope to get his note before I leave here. 



I received a note from dear Johny ^ dated at Norfolk, all well and 

 going on. I exj)ect they are at this moment at John Bachman's. 

 I am fatigued beyond description and had the misfortune last even- 

 ing of skinning my shin bones, they bled profusely however, and I 

 hope will soon get well, though feel rather sore at this very moment, 

 but I will take care of them. 



The amount of attention which I have received here is quite 

 bewildering, the very streets resound with my name, and I feel quite 

 alarmed and queer as I trudge along. Mess. Meckle,* OldfieW and 

 the Brune^ family have all assisted me in the most kind and brotherly 

 manner, indeed I may say that my success is mostly derived from 

 these excellent persons. 



I have written to Mr. INIifflins. I feel that Theodore 'Anderson'^ 

 will not live long. Mr. Morris^ has not yet returned from Anna- 

 polis. See that the notice in the Baltimore Patriot^ which I sent you 

 yesterday is inserted in the Albion, the Neio York Gazette and if 

 possible in the Courier and Enquirer. 



1 The Ornithological Biography. These were sold at $5.50 per volume. 



2 Dr. Nathaniel D. Potter of Baltimore. The account books show there was an 

 N. Potter, who was a subscriber to the folio edition. 



3 His son John Woodhouse Audubon. 



^ Robert Meckle, born July 1, 1798, elected cashier of the National Union Bank 

 of Baltimore in 1830, which position he held for forty-eight years. Subscriber to 

 the 1840 edition. 



5 G. S. Oldfield. Subscriber to the 1840 edition. 



"^ Frederick W. Brune, Sr., born 1776, died 1860. A successful German merchant 

 and shipowner, officer and director in several banks and public institutions, enjoyed 

 a high reputation for enterprise, liberality and honor. Subscriber to the 1840 edition. 



John Christian Brune. A man of high commercial honor. Died Dec. 7, 1863. 

 Subscriber to the 1840 edition. 



7 In the account books is a memorandum that on Feb. 11, 1840, there was forwarded 

 to Col. Theodore Anderson of Baltimore, one set of the large work, half bound, fifteen 

 volumes of the Biography, and thirty copies of the Synopsis. 



s Probably George S. Morris of Baltimore, who was a subscriber to the 1840 edition. 



8 This paper was first issued Sept. 28, 1812. Two years later the name was changed 

 to the Baltmore Patriot and Evening Advertiser. 



