152 AUDUBON, THE NATURALIST 
the purchase of divers objects. I assure you that we are in 
the greatest anxiety [as to] what is the state of your health,® 
as well as that of the family, and to learn if you have received 
our letters. The nephew of Mr. Bakewell writes us that his 
uncle in New York has despatched several vessels consigned to 
you, for which I congratulate you sincerely. We have also 
received your letter of the 30th of June, but I cannot reply to 
it, since the boat is leaving this evening for Amsterdam, but 
you can count upon my conforming to its contents. Your per- 
sonal letter grieved me particularly by your last expressions, 
and I should wish that you would have done me more justice; I 
can have made mistakes, but for . . . the idea alone has made 
me shudder. I am delighted that all the family is enjoying 
perfect health. Embrace dear Mama for me; my kind regards 
to my brother and sisters; do not forget to remember me to all 
the family, and to our friend, Mr. Audubon, the father, and 
his family. Finally, my dear Papa, be assured that I shall 
forget nothing to increase our intimacy. You give me the 
means of supporting it with labor. Believe in my sincere and 
enduring attachment. 
Your respectful son, 
Ferpinanp Rozier. 
We are eager to hear of the receipt of 
our letters, and we beg you to ad- 
dress them to Mr. Bakewell of New 
York. 
The inbred caution, sound sense, and _ sterling 
integrity which this letter displays would be a good 
foundation for any career, and we are not surprised 
to find that in after life Ferdinand Rozier became a 
keen and successful trader on the western frontier. 
The division and sale of “Mill Grove” probably 
°Claude Francois Rozier, at this time an aged man, died at Nantes 
on September 7, 1807; he had two sons and six daughters, of whom 
Ferdinand was the second son and the fifth child; his wife, Renée 
Angelique Colas, died at Nantes, February 9, 1824. 
