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and the partnership was dissolved on April 6, 1811, 

 Rozier paying part of the price in cash and the re- 

 mainder in notes. In referring to the incident in his 

 journal of 1820, Audubon wrote: "I parted with Mr. 

 Rozier, and walked to Henderson in four days 165 



SIGNATURE TO THE RELEASE GIVEN BY AUDUBON TO FERDINAND ROZIER ON THE 

 DISSOLUTION OF THEIR PARTNERSHIP AT STE. GENEVIEVE, APRIL 6, 1811. 



From the Tom J. Rozier MSS. 



miles"; but this does not agree with a later account, in 

 which he spoke of having "purchased a beauty of a 

 horse," and, happy in the prospect of again seeing his 

 family, set out for Dr. Rankin's house in Kentucky. 

 In the earlier record he also wrote that he once had a 

 friend in trade, referring to Ferdinand Rozier, "with 

 whom he did not agree, and so they parted forever"; 

 but Audubon visited Ste. Genevieve in the autumn of 

 1811 and in the winter of 1812, probably for the pur- 

 pose of collecting his money and settling his affairs, 

 while the following letters of this period show that 



