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INDEX
Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 8–9, 5, 192, 211, 289, 300n, 314n, 315n, 340n, 341n; Audubon and, 10, 13, 14, 251, 270, 299n; Birds of America exhibited at, 247; Journal of, 9, 190; and Ornithological Biography, 268, 282; Wilson and, 12, 114–15, 189–90, 318n
Adams, Charles Coffin, 347n
Adams, John Quincy, 170
Age of Reason, 30
Agnes (ship), 266–67
alligators, 58, 97, 105–6, 192, 217, 174, 186, 214
Alzheimer’s disease, 288
American Ornithology (Wilson), 12, 86, 104, 110–11, 114–15, 187, 317n, 325n, 326n; Bonaparte and, 14, 252; illustrations in, 46–47, 106, 217, 323n; Ord and, 14, 16, 189–90, 316n, 317n; prose style in, 46; sales of subscriptions to, 105, 107, 115, 315n; text-only edition of, 315n
American Philosophical Society, 268, 289, 318n, 347nn
American woodcock, 121, 139
Anas sponsa, 104
anatomy, comparative, 38
anhingas, 132, 174–75
Ansonia Brass and Copper Company, 291
aquatinting, 233–34
Archimedes, 35
Ardea herodias, 146
Aristotle, 30–31, 33
arsenic, preservation of specimens with, 101, 288
Articles of Confederation, 47
Audubon, Eliza Bachman (daughter-in-law), 269, 290, 347n
Audubon, Jean (father), 18–21, 65, 66, 72, 74–75, 103, 165, 167, 211
Audubon, John James: Andre incident related by, 181–83; arrival in America of, 21, 29, 65; Atlantic crossing on Delos of, 193–97; Bachmans and, 269–70, 279, 280, 290, 345n; Bird of Washington of, 156–61, 281, 323n; birth of, 18, 21; birth of children of, 93, 134, 162, 168, 173; Bonaparte and, 8–10, 12, 14–15, 192, 280–81, 344n; business ventures of, 75–78, 92, 93, 103, 124, 128–31, 133–34, 161, 163–65, 324n; childhood of, 19–21, 70–71; citizenship of, 131, 321n; courtship of Lucy by, 68–69, 72, 74–75, 309n, 310n; death of, 286; declining health of, 288–89, 346nn; drawing lessons given by, 168, 180, 181, 188; drawing technique of, 70–72, 99–100, 102, 134, 208–9, 221, 310n, 314n, 329n; ducks studied by, 137–38; in Edinburgh, 209–28, 236, 254, 268, 279, 282–83, 329n, 330n; education of, 20; estrangement of Lucy and, 229–31, 236–39, 241–45, 329n, 330n, 334n, 335n; field observations of, 146–52, 304n; financial difficulties of, 4, 165–67, 190, 325n; fishing by, 139–40; Florida collecting trip of, 266–68, 271–76, 278–79, 342n; in France, 20–21, 70, 73–74, 241; Great Pine Swamp collecting trip of, 248; Havells hired by, 233–36, 333n; in Henderson, 123–24, 126, 128–29, 133–36, 139–43, 321n; hunting by, 69–70, 97–99, 124, 138–39; Jameson and, 211–14, 218–20; in Liverpool, 195, 197–205, 207, 236, 328n, 336n; Lizars and, 213–17, 232–36; in London, 231–35, 238–45, 251; in Louisiana, 5, 178–89, 191–93, 327n; in Louisville, 77–78, 90–93, 102–3, 121, 167, 168; MacGillivray’s collaboration with, 256–58, 279, 338n; mammal project of, see Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America; in Manchester, 205–7, 209, 253–54; marriage of Lucy and, 78–79, 87–88; at Mill Grove, 11, 20, 65–75; Minnie’s Land home of, 284; Mississippi River journey of Mason and, 168–78, 325n; museum job of, 168, 184; mythmaking by, 11, 17, 259–66; in Natchez, 176–77, 188–89; new species described by, 156, 286–87; in New York, 15, 65, 190–91; Ohio River journeys of, 76–77, 88–89, 132–33; Ord’s enmity toward, 13–17, 253, 281–82, 292, 300n, 317n, 323n, 338n, 344n; passenger pigeon flock observed by, 152–56; personality of, 101–2, 133; in Philadelphia, 3–4, 7–15, 129–30, 184, 189–91, 217, 228, 268, 299n; physical appearance of, 3, 187, 217, 283, 298n; in Pittsburgh, 76–77, 87, 88; portrait painting by, 167, 168, 178–80, 189; publication of drawings of, see Birds of America; Rafinesque and, 141–45; Rathbone and, 198–202; reconciliation of Lucy and, 246–51, 327n, 337n; return to America of, 244–46; Royal Institution exhibits of works of, 199, 200, 204, 207, 217, 221; specimen preparation by, 100–101; St. Genevieve journey of, 125–28, 320n; Swainson and, 239–41, 255–56, 335n, 344n; Syme’s portrait of, 215, 217, 283; taxonomy of, 159, 173, 286; Texas Gulf Coast collecting trip of, 280; turkeys observed by, 93–97; with Victor, 5–7, 189; Wernerian Society papers of, 218–20, 222–25; Western expedition of, 284–85, 287, 288; will of, 250; Wilson’s visit to, 109–12, 168, 259, 316n, 317nn; writing of, 254–58, 279 (see also Ornithological Biography)
Audubon, John Woodhouse (son), 193, 207, 209, 220, 229, 232, 236, 244, 253, 276–77, 348n; at Audubon’s deathbed, 286; birth of, 134, 173; childhood of, 5, 172, 178, 181, 188; death of, 290; drawing of, 206, 221, 235, 238, 283, 284, 287, 288; education of, 183, 215, 221, 241, 243; on Labrador expedition, 279; marriage of, 290; Minnie’s Land home of, 284; preparation of specimens by, 238–39; reunion of Audubon and, 250
Audubon, Lucy (daughter), 5, 162, 166
Audubon, Lucy Bakewell (wife), 5, 7, 111, 161, 180–81, 193, 196, 197, 204–7, 211, 214, 215, 225, 235–36, 298n, 325n, 346n; at Audubon’s deathbed, 286; birth of children of, 93, 134, 162, 168, 173; in Britain, 246, 252–55, 257, 280; in Cincinnati, 168–69, 183–85; courtship of, 68–69, 72, 74–75, 309n, 310n; death of, 291; dental problems of, 289; editing of journals by, 297, 347n; English origins of, 67, 68, 183, 207, 209, 312n; and episodes for Ornithological Biography, 266; estrangement of Audubon and, 229–31, 236–39, 241–45, 329n, 330n, 334n, 335n; in Henderson, 124–26, 128–29, 133–36, 141, 161, 167, 321n; journal entries addressed to, 199, 202, 230–31; in Louisville, 91–92, 102, 103, 109, 121, 267, 276–77, 316n; marriage and honeymoon of, 78–79, 87–89, 178; Minnie’s Land home of, 284, 290; in New Orleans, 188; on Ohio River journeys, 89, 132–33, 259; old age of, 290–91; Philadelphia visits of, 129–31, 263, 279; portrait of, 177; and publication of Birds of America, 220, 221, 226–29, 240, 270–71, 340n, 341nn; reconciliation of Audubon and, 246–51, 327n, 337n; teaching positions of, 4, 128, 168, 169, 189, 191, 192, 196, 230, 232, 244, 327n
Audubon, Maria (granddaughter), 290, 297, 309n, 327n, 345n
Audubon, Maria Bachman (daughter-in-law), 269, 280, 290, 347n
Audubon, Rose (daughter), 5, 168
Audubon, Rose (half sister), 20, 165, 167
Audubon, Victor Gifford (son), 206, 220, 238, 244, 277, 283, 287, 336n, 346n, 347n; adolescence of, 5–7, 16, 166, 189; at Audubon’s deathbed, 286; and Birds of America, 221, 268, 271, 276, 278, 279, 292, 341n, 345n, 347n; birth of, 93; childhood of, 103, 121, 124, 126, 129, 132, 172, 178, 181, 188, 263, 316n, 347n; correspondence with, 205, 212, 235–36, 239, 241–43, 246, 247, 253; death of, 290; education of, 183, 184, 215; marriage of, 290; Minnie’s Land home of, 284; reunion of Audubon and, 250
