[221] At a somewhat later time the naturalist occupied a one-story frame house, built in 1814, which stood at the corner of Fourth and Main Streets; see Starling, op. cit.
[222] See [Note 15, Vol. I, p. 124].
[223] A Henderson correspondent of Joseph M. Wade, under the signature of "W. S. J.," August 8, 1883, gave the following account of the structure. The original mill covered forty-five by sixty-five feet, and consisted of four stories and basement; the basement walls of stone stood four feet thick, while at the third story the thickness was three feet; the three upper stories were in frame. The studding measured three by six, and the rafters four by eight, inches. Many of the large timbers that could then be seen were sound and apparently good for a century or more. Parts of the old machinery that had been used in the grist mill were lying about under the eaves; the building was then used as a tobacco stemmery. See Joseph M. Wade ([Bibl. No. 182]), Ornithologist and Oölogist, vol. viii, p. 79 (1883).
The old Audubon mill in more recent times was incorporated into a warehouse for the storage of leaf tobacco; it was burned to the ground on March 18, 1913.
[224] The mill is supposed to have cost about $15,000; of this sum Thomas Pears is said to have contributed from $3,000 to $4,000, and William Bakewell a similar amount in the interest of his son, while Audubon presumably furnished the balance.
[225] Maria R. Audubon, op. cit., vol. i, p. 47.
[226] In his journal of 1820 Audubon said that after the withdrawal of Bakewell, "men with whom I had long been associated offered me a partnership. I accepted, and a small ray of light appeared in my business, but a revolution occasioned by a numberless quantity of failures put all to an end."
[227] One of J. J. Audubon & Company's bills is here reproduced from Starling, op. cit.
"To the President and Directors of the Bank of Henderson to Henderson steam mill:
| "To three pieces of scantling, 56 feet, 4½ c | $2.52 |
| "To ten pieces of scantling, 34 feet | —— |
| "To sixty rafters, 714 feet, at 4 c | 28.56 |
| "To five pieces scantling, 40 feet, at 3 c | 1.20 |
| "To fifteen joists [?], 278½ feet, at 6 c | 16.71 |
| "J. J. Audubon & Co." | $48.99 |