THE DUFOURS 23 



lived in the commune of Chatelard, District of Vevay, 

 Canton de Lemau (now de Vaud), Switzerland. The 

 family was French. By a first marriage he had two 

 sons, John James, Jr., and Daniel. By a second mar- 

 riage, there were six children, Jeane Marie, Antoi- 

 nette, John Francis, Susannah Margaretta, John 

 David, and Aime. John James Dufour, the son, 

 married in Switzerland, and had one son, Daniel Vin- 

 cent, but the wife never came to America. The pro- 

 ject of a great grape commune was talked over and 

 perfected in the family circle in Switzerland, and 

 finally every son and daughter of the family, the 

 grandson, and a few associates, cast their lots in the 

 wilderness of the New World to work out a livelihood 

 for themselves and a mission for mankind. Without 

 further mention of the father and mother in the home 

 nest in Switzerland, we will now follow the fortunes 

 of John James, the eldest son, and of his associates. 

 John James Dufour, Second, the founder of the 

 colony, set off for America in March, 1796. He took 

 the brig "Sally" for Philadelphia on June 10, and 

 landed in the New World August 12. He paid $50, 

 beside baggage charges, for his passage. For two or 

 three years, Dufour set himself to preparation for his 

 future work by visiting all the leading vineyards in 

 the country, going as far west as the French settle- 

 ments at Kaskaskia. He visited the estate of Jeffer- 

 son, at Monticello, in 1799, and found that the vine 

 "had been abandoned, or left without any care for 

 three or four years before, which proved, evidently, 

 that it had not been profitable." There was a vine- 

 yard on the estate of Mr. Carroll, at Carrolltou, below 

 Baltimore, where, in 1796, "they had tried a few sorts 



