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Dacosta, i, 113; sale to Dacosta of 

 a one-half interest in "Mill Grove," 

 and its lead mine, i, 114; expecta- 

 tions for his son, i, 115; financial 

 aid from Claude Franjois Rozier, 

 i, 115; correspondence with Dacos- 

 ta, i, 116-123; instructions regard- 

 ing his son's proposed marriage, i, 

 117; appeal in answer to Dacosta's 

 complaints concerning his son, i, 

 118; instructions for settlement of 

 claims against the Ross and Foi- 

 mon estates, i, 131-123; his uncan- 

 celed mortgage, i, 122; instruc- 

 tions concerning the farmhouse at 

 "Mill Grove," i, 122; as grantor of 

 powers of attorney, i, 131, 132-133, 

 163; see also i, 85-87; marriage of 

 his daughter, i, 131; arranges a 

 business partnership for his son, i, 

 132; his former country villa as it 

 appears to-day, i, 135-145; division 

 of the "MUl Grove" property and 

 sale of his remaining interests, i, 

 149-150, 152-153; letters of his son, 

 i, 159-161, 163; portrait at Couer- 

 on, i, 100; troubles with Dacosta 

 and contest over his final accounts, 

 i, 168; bequest of his property in 

 usufruct to his wife, and testa- 

 mentary designation of his chil- 

 dren, i, 263; contest of relatives 

 over wUls, i, 263 ; unfounded state- 

 ments of biographers of his son, i, 

 264; his claims against the Ross- 

 Formon estates as a basis of fic- 

 tion, i, 265; final settlement of his 

 financial affairs, i, 268; his de- 

 scendants in France and last of 

 his name in America, i, 269, ii, 294. 

 Audubon, Mme. Jean (Anne Moy- 

 net), her marriage and property 

 at Paimboeuf, i, 33, 40, 57, 80; 

 adoption of children by, i, 69; 

 baptism of adopted son, i, 60-61; 

 characterization of her son in 

 wills, i, 62, 262-264; as grantor of 



powers of attorney, i, 131, 132- 

 133, 163; legal troubles and im- 

 poverishment, i, 263; removal from 

 "La Gerbetifere," i, 263, 268; her 

 death at "Les Tourterelles," i, 

 363; disposition of her estate, i, 

 266, 269; break in relations of her 

 adopted son with his family in 

 Prance, i, 266-269 ; attack upon her 

 husband's estate and its final set- 

 tlement, i, 263, 268; her testa- 

 ments, ii, 363-368. 

 Audubon, Jean Jacques Foug^re 

 (John James Audubon, see also 

 Fougfere and Jean Rabin), his 

 masterpiece, i, 1; his greatest 

 working period, i, 2; experience in 

 Paris in 1828, i, 2; Cuvier's eulogy 

 and patronage of the French Gov- 

 ernment, i, 3; rarity and cost of his 

 publications, 1, 4; personality and 

 talents, i, 5 ; attacks upon his char- 

 acter, i, 6; his historical back- 

 ground and hitherto unwritten his- 

 tory, i, 7; his Americanism, i, 8; 

 characteristics of his writings, i, 

 8-10 ; his Ornithological Biography, 

 i, 9; drawings of birds and mam- 

 mals, i, 10; influence on American 

 ornithology, i, 10; honesty of pur- 

 pose, i, 11; memories of him in 

 London, i, 11; public monuments 

 and other honors in America, i, 13; 

 Societies and Clubs dedicated to 

 his memory, i, 14; his bibliography, 

 i, IS; attempt at autobiography, i, 

 16; first formal Life of, i, 17; true 

 history of Buchanan's Life, i, 18- 

 22; Mrs. Audubon's revision of 

 Buchanan's Life, i, 23; Miss Maria 

 R. Audubon's Life and Journals, 

 i, 23; accepted account of his birth 

 and early life in light of new dis- 

 coveries, i, 22; parentage and early 

 names; a Creole of Santo Domingo, 

 i, 52; his baptismal name, i, 53; 

 discovery of the bill rendered by 



