CHRONOLOGY XXVil 
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 
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 Geneviéve, 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. 
