552 Life of Count Rumford. 



The following letters from Colonel Baldwin, in one 

 of which he offers his congratulations to the Count, 

 come in their place here. 



"BOSTON, June 10, 1804. 



"My DEAR COUNT, Permit me to introduce to you my 

 particular friend John Sullivan, Esq., son of the Honorable and 

 much respected James Sullivan, of Boston, who ranks with the 

 first characters in this country. 



" Mr. Sullivan proposes to visit England and France, and 

 perhaps he may make the tour of Europe. His object in travel- 

 ling is to obtain a greater knowledge of the world, and gratify a 

 curious and philosophic mind. His education, disposition, and 

 manners render him highly esteemed and beloved by his numer- 

 ous acquaintances. His connections are the most respectable. 

 He married a daughter of your good friend and correspond- 

 ent, the late Hon. Thomas Russell, Esq., who died some years 

 since, universally lamented. 



" I flatter myself that you will find Mr. Sullivan a gentleman 

 worthy your attention. Any civilities you may please to confei 

 on him will add to the many favors already received. 



" It is a long time since I wrote last, and I believe it is nearly 

 as long since I received any communication from you. Perhaps 

 I may be one in your debt. But be assured, my dear Count, 

 that I remember you with as much esteem and affection as ever. 

 I have had the pleasure frequently to hear of your welfare through 

 the channel of your letters to the Countess, who (by the way) is 

 often lamenting your long silence of late, and tells me that she 

 has received no answer to a dozen letters she wrote you last year. 



"I made a visit to Windham, near Portland, on the 2ist of 

 May last, to see your good mother. I found her in a comforta- 

 ble state of health. She had been afflicted some time before 

 with rheumatic complaints, and was not then entirely free from 

 them. She asked me, with an inexpressible degree of anxiety, 

 whether I thought we should ever see you again in this coun- 

 try, to which I could only make but a silent reply. 



" Your daughter, the Countess, who had been there for 



