John Audubon

I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime read more

I can scarcely manage to scribble a tolerable English letter. I know that I am not a scholar, but meantime I am aware that no man living knows better than I do the habits of our birds.

This Place saw My best days, My Happiest, My Wife having blessed me with Your Brother Woodhouse... I Calculated, to read more

This Place saw My best days, My Happiest, My Wife having blessed me with Your Brother Woodhouse... I Calculated, to Live and died in Comfort, Our Business Was good of course We agreed.

I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership read more

I feel fully decided that we should all go to Europe together and to work as if an established Partnership for Life consisting of Husband Wife and Children.

If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do read more

If I can procure three hundred good substantial names of persons, or bodies, or institutions, I cannot fail to do well for my family, although I must abandon my life to its success, and undergo many sad perplexities and perhaps never see again my own beloved America.

Finally I paid every bill. My plantation in Pennsylvania had been sold and nothing was left to me but my read more

Finally I paid every bill. My plantation in Pennsylvania had been sold and nothing was left to me but my humble talents.