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1812 

 Dissolved partnership with Eozier. 



1808-1819 



Various business ventures in Louisville, 

 Hendersonville, and St. Genevieve, Ken- 

 tucky, again at Hendersonville, thence 

 again to Louisville. 



1819 



Abandoned business career. 

 Became taxidermist in Cincinnati. 



1820 



Left Cincinnati. Began to form definite 

 plans for the publication of his draw- 

 ings. Returned to New Orleans. 



1822 



Went to Natchez by steamer. Gun- 

 powder ruined two hundred of his 

 drawings on this trip. Obtained posi- 

 tion of Drawing-master in the college at 

 Washington, Mississippi. At the close 

 of this year took his first lessons in oils. 



1824 



Went to Philadelphia to get his draw- 

 ings published. Thwarted. There met 

 Sully, and Prince Canino. 



