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Audubon, Claude, and his family, i, 

 27. 



Audubon, Dominica, suit by, i, 28, 

 263. 



Audubon, Jean, his command at 

 Yorktown and checkered career, i, 

 24; his parentage and father's 

 family, i, 26-28; birth and bap- 

 tism, i, 27; beginning of life at 

 sea and capture at Louisburg, i, 

 28; a prisoner in England, i, 28; 

 enters French Merchant marine 

 and begins his voyages to New 

 Foundland, i, 29 ; enlists in French* 

 navy and appears at Nantes, i, 30; 

 reenters merchant marine and be- 

 gins voyages to Santo Domingo, i, 

 30; his ships and commands, i, 31; 

 his marriage, i, 32; fight in Le 

 Comte d'Artois and capture by 

 the English, i, 32; prisoner in New 

 York, and release, i, 32; joins the 

 American Revolution and com- 

 mands a ship at the siege of York- 

 town, i, 34; later commands in the 

 United States and fight with a 

 British privateer, i, 34; residence 

 in the West Indies, i, 36; travels 

 in the United States and purchase 

 of "Mill Grove," i, 36; joins the. 

 National Guard at Les Cayes, i, 

 37; epitome of Santo Domingo ca- 

 reer, i, 37; engagement with Coi- 

 rond Brothers with interests at 

 Les Cayes and St. Louis, i, 38; 

 rapid rise to wealth as planter, su- 

 gar refiner, and slave dealer, i, 39; 

 light cast by his dealings in slaves, 

 i, 39; ii, 330-335; his West Indian 

 fortune and final settlement of es- 

 tate, i, 40-41, 268; treatment of 

 slaves and dependents, i, 41, 54; 

 Santo Domingo experience com- 

 pared with that of a contemporary 

 planter at Jaquemel, i, 44-48; birth 

 of his son at Les Cayes, i, 52; dis- 

 covery of bill of his physician, i, 



53; see also i, 54, and ii, 314-327; 

 his son, Fougere, and daughter, 

 Muguet, taken to France, i, 57; his 

 reference to Audubon's mother, i, 

 59; designation of his children in 

 his wills, i, 63, ii, 360-362; dual 

 personality expressed by his son, 

 i, 63; joins National Guard at 

 Nantes, i, 74; possible refuge of 

 his family during Revolution in 

 France, i, 76; activities immediate- 

 ly before and during French Revo- 

 lution, i, 77-82; Revolutionary of- 

 fices, i, 78; report as Civil Com- 

 missioner, i, 78; mission to Por- 

 nic and Paimboeuf, i, 79; signa- 

 ture during Revolution, i, 79; mis- 

 sion to Les Sables d'Olonne, and 

 letters to the Administration, i, 

 80; his reimbursement for ser- 

 vices to the Republic, i, 81; oper- 

 ations as ensign commander, and 

 encounter with the Brilliant, i, 82; 

 his later commands and elevation 

 to rank of lieutenant de vaisseau, 

 i, 82; his financial losses in Santo 

 Domingo, i, 82; indemnity from 

 the French Government, i, 83; re- 

 spective rank and service in the 

 French merchant marine and navy, 

 i, 83; his certificate of service, i, 

 83; retirement and pension, i, 83, 

 85; settlement and occupations at 

 "La Gerbetiere," i, 85; Santo Do- 

 mingo interests described in power 

 of attorney, i, 85; residences at 

 Nantes, i, 86; see also i, 57, 58; his 

 death, i, 87; his son's tribute, i, 87, 

 88; financial vicissitudes, i, 88; see 

 also i, 85; habits, abilities and 

 physical characteristics, i, 88; let- 

 ter soliciting aid for his son, i, 

 100; interest in "Mill Grove" and 

 the Prevost mortgage, i, 105; lease 

 and inventory of the property, i, 

 105; portrait at age of forty-five 

 (?), i, 106; mining project with 



