44 



POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY 



Bumford had always intended to take np his permanent residence 

 in the United States, and he now proposed to establish himself near 

 Cambridge, Mass. He wrote to his friend, Col. Baldwin, to find a de- 

 sirable property, suitable to his intentions. To encourage his return 

 to his native country, Bresident John Adams instructed the American 

 minister at London to write him as follows : 



We have made provisions for the institution of a Military Academy, and 

 I wish to commit its formation to your experience and its future government 

 to your care. In addition, I am authorized to offer to you the appointment of 

 Inspector General of Artillery. 



Although his plan to return to America originated with himself, he 

 concluded that his obligations to the Bavarian government were so 

 great and his relations with the institution, which he was now estab- 

 lishing, were so important, that they should not now be relinquished. 





v :g?5 ••-•-! '-* : «^rS^^.^.- / ,-.-,_ ,.'./ J ...- .-■ 



Memorial erected to Rumford in English Garden. 



