CHKONOLOGY. 



1780 



May 4. John James La Forest Audubon 

 was born at Mandeville, Louisiana. 

 (Paucity of dates and conflicting state- 

 ments make it impossible to insert dates 

 to show when the family moved to St. 

 Domingo, and thence to France. ) 



1797 (?) 



Returned to America from France. Here 

 followed life at Mill Grove Farm, near 

 Philadelphia. 



1805 or 6 



Again in France for about two years. 

 Studied under David, the artist. Then 

 returned to America. 



1808 



April 8. Married Lucy Bakewell, and 

 journeyed to Louisville, Kentucky, to 

 engage in business with one Eozier. 



1810 



March. First met Wilson, the ornitholo- 

 gist. 



