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land was purchased of William Bazelrigg, who pat- 

 ented '» from the government on or abonl L785. 

 When the vineyard Bhould oome into bearing, Dufour 

 was to receive $1,000 a year oul of the produce, or 

 nothing if there Bhould be oo produce. The 160 re- 

 maining Bhares were to be appropriated as follows: 



For •;:;:; acres of land *g 33 U(l 



For 5 families of negroes 5 000 ,,,, 



For tools, victuals, and other Mii.p-.rt . i.mm 00 



Expenses of getting vine scions gOl 



[ncidenta] expenses -,~ (lll 



$8,000 00 



T1 "' fail aumber of shares was aol taken, and the 

 concern Bel out in the spring of 1799 with five acres 

 Planted to thirty-iiv varieties, many or most of 

 which were obtained from Legaux. 



The affair being qow fully on its feet, the re- 

 maining members of the Dufour family were ready 

 '" •>"'" the enterprise. On New Sear's Day. 1801 

 the adventurers came together in Switzerland, ami 

 Prepared to take leave of home ami country. Seven- 



, ''"" >,,ul> «*! sail in early spring upon a voyi 



ul,lrh Ia *ted LOO days. They landed in Norfolk in 

 May - ln this company were the srvm remaining 

 D «fours, Jean Daniel Mererod (who, either in Europe 

 '"' America, married Antoinette Dufour), Francis 

 L " m> de Siebenthal, John Francis de Siebenfchal and 

 PhUi P Bettens, together with women and children. 

 Th '-> crossed the Alleghanies to Pittsburg with 

 wagons, the women and children who could nol 

 walk, going as freight, at bo much per hundred 

 P°*nds. At Pittsburg, the colonists took boats on 

 ""' < """- ; "" 1 >-' their Paces toward thai wild and 



