CHRONOLOGY xxvii 



1807 



With Rozier decides to embark in trade in Kentucky. 

 August 1. They purchase their first stock of goods in New 



York. 

 August 31. Starts with Rozier for Louisville, where they open 



a pioneer store. 

 Their business suffers from the Embargo Act. 



1808 

 June 12. Married to Lucy Bakewell at "Fatland Ford," her 



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father's farm near Philadelphia, and returns with his bride 

 to Louisville. 



1809 



June 12. Victor Gifford Audubon born at Gwathway's hotel, 

 the "Indian Queen," in Louisville. 



1810 



March. Alexander Wilson, pioneer ornithologist, visits Audu- 

 bon at Louisville. 



Moves down river with Rozier to Redbanks (Henderson), Ken- 

 tucky. 



December. Moves with Rozier again, and is held up by ice at 

 the mouth of the Ohio and at the Great Bend of the Mis- 

 sissippi, where they spend the winter. 



1811 



Reaches Sainte Genevieve, Upper Louisiana (Missouri), in 



early spring. 

 April 6. Dissolves partnership with Rozier, and returns to 



Henderson afoot. 

 Joins in a commission business with his brother-in-law, Thomas 



W. Bakewell. 

 December. Meets Vincent Nolte when returning to Louisville 



from the East, and descends the Ohio in his flatboat. 



