Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Manuscript of The hurricane, before 1831. 1 manuscript. Location: Vault:53. John James Audubon was an American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter, and painter. "The Hurricane," a short account of a tornado witnessed by Audubon in Kentucky, is from his "Ornithological Biography, or An Account of the Habits of the Birds of the United States of America" (Philadelphia: Judah Dobson, 1831), 1:262-64. Mss. 5188.