All the benefits as well as the losses resulting from our commercial transactions shall be divided equally between the partners.
Art. 8.
The expenses of the journey and others of a common nature shall make the first item of our social expenses....
Art. 9.
We both resolve to maintain friendship and mutual understanding, and we agree very expressly that, upon the least difficulty, we shall each select one arbitrator, who will be authorized to choose a third, and we promise upon our honor to fully accept the decision that shall be reached, without ever having it in our power to make an appeal from it before any courts.
Art. 10.
In case of the death of one or the other (which, God forbid), the survivor shall have sole charge of making a settlement, in order to give an accounting to those entitled to it by law, that is to say to the heirs of the deceased, but the partnership cannot be dissolved until after nine years, counting from the day of the date of the present [instrument]. Only in this event, the survivor will be allowed a commission upon the products of the establishment fixed at ten per cent.
Done in duplicate and in good faith between us.
Nantes this 23 March 1806.
John Audubon
ferdinand Rozier