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9a. Translation of the Articles of Association of John Audvu- 



bon and Ferdinand Rozier. 



(stamp] We, ^e undersigned, Ferdinand Rozier and John 



REP. FRA. Audubon, who are intending to go to the United 



50 States, are agreed to form a partnership in business 



cen upon the following conditions : 



Article First. 



The partnership will be administered under the 

 joint names of Ferdinand Rozier and John Audu- 

 bon, and each of us will have the power of signa- 

 ture for all matters of our business only. 



A r t . 2. 



Upon our arrival we will take possession of the farm of 

 Mill-Grove, and we will call to account Mr. Dacosta, who has 

 the power of attorney of Mr. Audubon, Senior. We shall take 

 measures to improve the establishment, or make an investiga- 

 tion of the lead mine discovered [on the property], and before 

 continuing the work already begun we will ascertain whether 

 the expenditures made by S r . Dacosta, have been, and can still 

 be, advantageous to us. Finally we shall prepare, or attempt 

 to prepare, estimates of the expenses and the products which 

 accrue from these, and we shall undertake nothing upon which 

 we are not both perfectly agreed in principle; consequently 

 we shall both subscribe to the project which we shall decide 

 upon, in order that neither of us may depart from it, and it will 

 be the same for all new expenses which might alter the plans 

 that are reached. 



Art. 3. 



It is agreed that half the product of this plantation shall 

 be divided between us on a one half basis, and in order to 



