Contents. xiii 



biography of his Daughter. Extracts. Her Voyage. Her 

 Life in London. Reception of his Essays. His Employ- 

 ments in England. Improved Fireplaces.*^- Popularity or his"* 

 Plans. Rumford Roasters. Endowment of Royal Society 

 and American Academy. Correspondence with Sir Joseph 

 Banks. Awards of Rumford Medal by the Royal Society. 

 Correspondence with American Academy. Recognition by 

 the Academy. The Rumford Fund. Action of the Legis- 

 lature, and of the Supreme Court in Equity upon the Fund, 

 and its Application. Awards of the Rumford Medal by the 

 Academy. . . . . . . . . . . 205 



CHAPTER VI. 



Count Rumford and his Daughter leave England for Munich. 

 Circuitous Route on Account of the War. The Journey and 

 its Incidents. Sarah Thompson's Diary. Arrival in Munich. 

 Neutrality of Bavaria. Munich threatened by Austrian and 

 French Armies. Flight of the Elector. Rumford on the 

 Council of the Regency, and at the Head of the Electoral 

 Army. His Signal Services and Success. His Scientific 

 Feeding of the Troops. Gratitude of the Elector on his Re- 

 turn. Correspondence with Sir John Sinclair. Letters to 

 Colonel Baldwin and President Willard. Private Affairs of 

 the Count in America. Projected Institution in Concord. 

 Correspondence concerning it. The Countess's Court and 

 Domestic Life. Excursions. Festivals. Commemoration 

 of the Count's Birthday. Love Passages. Variances. 

 Excursions. The Count appointed Ambassador to England, 

 returns there. Not received as such. Correspondence. 

 Honors from America. Massachusetts Historical Society. 

 Invitation from the United States Government. Correspond- 

 ence. The Countess returns to America. Her Narrative. 

 Correspondence. . . . 2 ^9 



CHAPTER VII. 



Count Rumford as Founder of the Royal Institution of Great 

 Britain. His' Plan and Proposals. Correspondence with 



