1 6 The Life and Writings of 



daughter no information other than that which is given 

 in this document has been attainable. The consort of 

 Rafinesque, on receiving the news of his shipwreck in 

 1815, &quot; suddenly married Giovanni Pizzalour, a comedian,&quot; 

 and dissipated the property which Rafinesque had left 

 in her hands. All that is further known of this woman 

 is the opinion in which she was held by Rafinesque, 

 who, in his will, declares her to be &quot;unworthy&quot;, and 

 directs that his executors shall not allow her &quot;a single 

 cent&quot;; he also directs that no part of his property 

 should be paid to his daughter Emily &quot;until she leaves 

 altogether and separates from&quot; her mother. 



Emily, influenced no doubt by the theatrical relations 

 of the new family bonds, became a singer in the Palermo 

 Theatre. She was the mother of an illegitimate daugh 

 ter, Henrietta Winston, by one Sir Henry Winston, for 

 the maintenance of which grand-daughter Rafinesque was 

 not certain the baronet would provide ; he therefore com 

 mends her, in his will, to his nephew, Jules Rafinesque. 

 The last known of Emily was the simple fact of resi 

 dence in Naples in 1833. 



With this period of Rafinesque s career there is little 

 of direct interest to us. First and all the time he was 

 a naturalist; though his real concerns here were of a 

 business character. It would appear, from his account 



