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INDEX 



for products of, i, 256; final fail- 

 ure and closure of, i, 257; Audu- 

 bon's financial and legal troubles 

 following failure of, i, 257-261. 

 "Mill Grove," Jean Audubon's pur- 

 chase, i, 37, 105; Audubon's ar- 

 rival at, i, 99-101; tenant and rent 

 of, i, 101 ; acquisition and preser- 

 vation by the Wetherills, i, 102; 

 situation and characteristics, i, 

 102; old conveyances and designa- 

 tion, i, 103; first miller and build- 

 er, i, 104; mills and farm house 

 at, i, 104; the Prevost mortgage, i, 

 105, 122; Jean Audubon's lease 

 and inventory, i, 105; stay of Au- 

 dubon at, i, 106; Jean Audubon's 

 portrait at, i, 106 ; bird studies at, i, 

 106; discovery of lead and arrival 

 of Dacosta, i, 113; Dacosta's one- 

 half interest and exploitation of 

 mine, i, 114; analysis of his lead 

 ore, 1, 114; Claude Francois Ro- 

 zier's interest, i, 115; the Audubon, 

 Dacosta, Rozier partnership and 

 its difBculties, i, 115; instructions 

 concerning farmhouse at, i, 118; 

 Audubon and Rozier as agents for 

 conduct and sale of, i, 132; Au- 

 dubon's and Rozier's duties at, i, 

 146; status of house in their "Ar- 

 ticles," i, 147; story of later min- 

 ing enterprises at, i, 148-150, 152- 

 153, 167-170; consideration for sale 

 of remaining Audubon and Rozier 

 interests to Dacosta and Company, 

 i, 149; division of the property, 

 and sale of the Audubon and Ro- 

 zier rights, i, 150, 152-153; Audu- 

 bon's conflicting references to sale 

 of, i, 158, 159-160, 162, 165-168; 

 difSculties over conditional sale of, 

 i, 168; unraveling the tangle, i, 

 169; Dacosta's contested accounts, 

 and award in their settlement, i, 

 168; sequel to story of mine at, i, 

 169; products of mine at, i, 199. 



Milestown (Pennsylvania), Alexan- 

 der Wilson, as teacher at, i, 212. 



Miller, Sarah, Wilson to, i, 206. 



"Minnie's Land," purchase of estate 

 of, ii, 234; building of house at, ii, 

 234; Audubon at, ii, 336-238; Au- 

 dubon's account of, ii, 245-246; 

 houses of Audubon's sons at, ii, 

 294-295, 311-312; the "Cave" at, ii, 

 295, 312; departure of Mrs. John 

 James Audubon from, ii, 300; 

 building activities and changes at, 

 ii, 309; present condition of origi- 

 nal houses at, ii, 309-311; early 

 representations of Audubon's 

 house at, ii, 311. 



Miquelon Island, voyage of Jean Au- 

 dubon to, i, 29. 



Mississippi River, Audubon's cruise 

 on in 1820, i, 307. 



Missouri River, Audubon's expe- 

 riences and discoveries on, in 1843, 

 ii, 252-256. 



Mitchell, Doctor Samuel Latham, his 

 friendship with Audubon, i, 171; 

 his repute and activities, i, 171; as 

 friend of Rafinesque, i, 290; his 

 introduction of Audubon and let- 

 ter to Dr. Barnes, i, 336. 



Mocquard, Fran^oise, i, 55, 86, 



Morris, George Spencer, i, 331. 



Morris, Samuel C, purchase of "MUl 

 Grove" by, i, 105. 



Morristown (New Jersey), stay of 

 Audubon at, i, 99. 



Morse, Samuel Finley Preese, as Au- 

 dubon's guest, ii, 311. 



Morton, Countess of, as patron and 

 pupil of Audubon, i, 365. 



Morton, Earl of, record of a, visit 

 to the home of, i, 363. 



Morton, Samuel George, ii, 154, 171, 

 172. 



Moynet (Moynette, Moinet), Anne. 

 See Mme. Jean Audubon. 



Muguet, i, 56, 57, 59, 61. See Mme. 

 Gabriel Loyen du Puigaudeau. 



