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Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2)

Chapter 66: 12. Quit Claim or Release given by John James Audubon to Ferdinand Rozier on the Dissolution of their Partnership in Business at Sainte Geneviève, Upper Louisiana (Missouri), April 6, 1811.
By Francis Hobart Herrick
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The second volume continues the chronological biography, tracing later expeditions in the American South and the North Atlantic, returns to Britain, and additional fieldwork that generated major illustrated plates and mammal studies. It details collaborations and tensions with fellow naturalists, disputes over authorship and criticism, and incidents that mixed scientific observation with personal misadventure. The account follows efforts to secure specimens, publish large-format works, and resolve financial and logistical obstacles, while reflecting on professional habits, mentorship, and the practical realities of conducting and communicating natural history in the period.

12. Quit Claim or Release given by John James Audubon to Ferdinand Rozier on the Dissolution of their Partnership in Business at Sainte Geneviève, Upper Louisiana (Missouri), April 6, 1811.

I John Audibon having this day by mutual Consent with Ferdinand Rozier, dissolved and forever closed the partnership and firm of Audibon & Rozier,—and having Received from said Ferdinand Rozier, payments and notes to the full amount of my part of the goods & debts of the late firm of Audibon & Rozier—I the said John Audibon one of the firm aforesaid, do hereby release and forever quit Claim to all or any Interest which I have or may have in the Stock on hand and debts due to the Late Firm of Audibon & Rozier unto him the said Ferdinand Rozier, all my rights titles, claimes and Interest in the goods merchandise and debts due to the late Firm of Audibon & Rozier—and do hereby authorize and empower him for my part to collect the same in any manner whatseer. either privately or by suit or suits in law or equity—hereby acclaiming him sole and absolute proprietor and rightful owner of all the goods merchandises & debts of the firm aforesaid, as completely as they were the goods and property of the Late firm of Audibon & Rozier—

In witness whereof I have hereto Set my hand & Seal this Sixth day of April 1811

[Seal]
John Audubon

Ed D. De Villmonte

Note by the Author. It will be noticed that the naturalist writes his name seven times as "Audibon," in this document, but signs in the way usual with him at the period. See Vol. I, p. 24.