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8. Concerning a Power of Attorney issued by Lieutenant Audu- 

 bon and Anne Moynet Audubon to Ferdinand Rozier and 

 John Audubon, the Younger, at Coueron, France, in 1805; 

 parts in French, translated by a Philadelphia notary; sig- 

 natures of original document authenticated by the Mayor 

 of Coueron, October *21, 1805; his attest of the legality 

 of Anne Moynet Audubon's signature, at Coueron, October 

 27, 1805; authentication of the signature of the Mayor 

 of Coueron by the Subprefect of Savenay, November %7, 

 1805; attest of the Subprefect's signature by the Prefect. 

 (Remainder of document missing.) 



Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ss : 



I, Peter Stephan Du Ponceau, notary public & Sworn Inter- 

 preter of foreign Languages for the Commonwealth aforesaid, 

 residing in the City of Philadelphia, do hereby certify that I 

 have carefully translated into English so much of the Instru- 

 ment of writing hereunto annexed as is written in the French 

 language, as follows, to wit: 



At the bottom of the Deed [act] and immediately after 

 the Signatures of the Witnesses, there is a Certificate in France 

 [French], which being translated, is as follows: 



Seen by us, the Mayor of the commune of Coueron, who 

 attest the above Signatures of G. Loyen, assistant mayor, C. 

 D'orbigny, Doctor of medicine, Audubon, & Anne Moynet 

 Audubon, to which full faith and credit is to be given, where- 

 ever it may be necessary Done in our Office at Coueron, the 

 thirtieth of yendemiaire fourteenth year of the French Empire 

 [sic]. 



G. VALLIN, mayor. 



[Mayor's seal] 



