. Audubon the naturalist; a history of his life and time. Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. LIEUT. AUDUBON, REVOLUTIONIST 79 information on the civil, moral and political state of the district, "in order to bring a remedy," and to administer the oath of allegiance to all administrative and judicial bodies. Jean began operations without delay, and his report, which was kept in journal form and embraces the period from January 19 to September 10, 1793, is an interesting document; it covers fifty-one large fools- cap pages, written now in a fine and again in a bold, regular hand, in the c
. Audubon the naturalist; a history of his life and time. Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. LIEUT. AUDUBON, REVOLUTIONIST 79 information on the civil, moral and political state of the district, "in order to bring a remedy," and to administer the oath of allegiance to all administrative and judicial bodies. Jean began operations without delay, and his report, which was kept in journal form and embraces the period from January 19 to September 10, 1793, is an interesting document; it covers fifty-one large fools- cap pages, written now in a fine and again in a bold, regular hand, in the course of which his characteristic signature6 occurs no less than twenty-two times, each. ONE OF JEAN AUDUBON'S SIGNATURES IX HIS REPORT TO THE DIRECTORY, 1793. From the original in the archives of the prefecture at Nantes. section of the report having been signed as completed. In one section of this journal he wrote: "Our opera- tions having been finished, we assembled around the tree of liberty, and there sang the hymn of the Marseillaise, which was interrupted with frequent shouts of 'Vive la republique!/ 'Vive la nation!/ and more than one charge of ; Jean Audubon with eight others was charged with or- ganizing the National Guard in the canton of Pellerin, and ordered to accompany the detachment that marched to the relief of Pornic, March 27, 1793. The Citizen was busy also in other directions. He said in his report: a During the Revolution Jean Audubon always added to his signature the cabalistic sign of three dots between parallel lines, which possibly stood for the three watchwords of the Republic—"Libertc, EgaUte, Fra- ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Herrick, Francis Hobart, 1858-1940. New York London, D. Appleton-Century Company, incorporated
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