7 8 Life of Count Rumford. 



occasion of it now and here. He thus conveys his 

 thanks to his friend. 



" WOBURN, May aad, 1775. 



" DEAR SIR, I am to return you many thanks for your 

 kindness in presenting my petition to the Committee of Safety, 

 and your further care and trouble in laying it before the Con- 

 gress. I must intreat your further assistance in this affair, and 

 hope that it will one time or other be in my power to make a 

 suitable return for all your kindness. 



" Mr. Thomas now waits upon you to know what the Con- 

 gress are determined to do respecting me ; and I shall wait with 

 impatience for his return. 



u I would beg leave to congratulate you upon, your promotion 

 in the Army, and I would at the same time congratulate the 

 Public upon the same occasion. 



" I am, Sir, with real Regard and Esteem, 



" Your friend and Humble Servant, 



"BENJ^ THOMPSON. 



"To COLONEL BALDWIN, Head Quarters, Cambridge." 



Either from pressure of business, or under the per- 

 suasion that Woburn was the proper place for a hearing 

 of the cause, the Committee of the Provincial Congress 

 did not see fit to entertain Major Thompson's petition. 

 He had further reason for resentment and chagrin, when, 

 after subjecting himself to the trouble and expense of 

 summoning any witnesses who might see fit to appear 

 against him, and after securing a hearing of the case in 

 his native town, the result was as dilatory and as un- 

 decisive as the documents next given will show. 



" Woburn (Massachusetts) Committee. 



^ Whereas the Committee of Correspondence for the Town 

 of Woburn, authorised by the honourable Provincial Congress 

 to examine into the principles and conduct of any person sus- 



