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And on the back of the said Deed [Act] is written in French 

 what follows. 



We, Germain Vallin, Mayor of the commune of Coueron in 

 the Department of Lower Loire in the French Empire, certify 

 to all whom it may concern, that on this day, personally ap- 

 peared before me John Audubon and Anne Moynette, his wife, 

 both now residing in this said commune, and represented to 

 us, That in order to give its full force & effect to the Instru- 

 ment written on the other side hereof, in the English language, 

 which they have declared to be a letter of attorney in favor 

 of Messieurs Ferdinand Rozier, & John Audubon, junior for 

 the purposes therein mentioned, it was necessary that the said 

 Instrument be by them acknowledged before us, according to 

 the forms prescribed by the Laws of the State of Pennsylvania, 

 and that the said Anne Moynette Audubon should be exam- 

 ined by us separate from her said husband, in order to declare 

 that she has signed and executed the said Deed [Act] of her 

 own free will and accord, and without being compelled thereto 

 by her husband ; That this formality is rigorously required 

 by the Laws of the State of Pennsylvania, and no other act, 

 not even a notarial Instrument, can in any manner Supply 

 the same. 



In consideration thereof, we have received the acknowledg- 

 ment which the said appearers have made before us, by which 

 they have declared and acknowledged that the said Instrument, 

 written in the English Language on the other sides hereof is 

 their own Act and Deed, and that they desire that it may be 

 recorded as such, whenever it may be necessary. 



And the said John Audubon having withdrawn, we have 

 examined the said Anne Moynette Audubon separately and a- 

 part from her said husband, and She declared to us, That She 

 knows & perfectly understands the contents of the said Deed 

 [Act], and that She has Signed, Sealed, and declared [deliv- 



