634 Life of Count Rumford. 



En Baviere 



Lieutenant-General, 



Chef de 1'Etat Major-General, 



Conseiller d'Etat, 

 Ministre de la Guerre. 



En France 



Membre de 1'Institut 



Academic des Sciences. 



Americans who have occasionally visited the ceme- 

 tery have cleansed and kept fresh these monumental 

 tablets. 



Count Rumford executed his last will and testament 

 while he was on a visit at the chateau of his friend, 

 Daniel Parker, Esq., at Draveil, September 28, 1812.* 

 The testator describes himself as " Benjamin Thomp- 

 son, Count of Rumford, Knight of the illustrious 

 orders of the White Eagle and of St. Stanislaus, Lieu- 

 tenant-General in the service of his Majesty the King 

 of Bavaria, residing now at Auteuil, Department of 

 Paris." He appoints Benjamin, Baron Delessert and 

 Mr. Parker his executors. Lafayette is one of the 

 three witnesses to the will. 



The Count bequeaths to his daughter an annuity of 

 four hundred dollars, which, in addition to her pension 

 of two thousand florins (eight hundred dollars) from 

 the King of Bavaria, he says, " will be, I think, amply 

 sufficient to assure her a respectable and comfortable 

 maintenance in her native country and among her rela- 

 tions and first friends, where I am very desirous that 

 she should establish her residence, being persuaded that 

 this situation will be most suitable for her, and will 

 contribute most to her well-being and happiness." 



* An attested copy of the will is in the Donation Book of Harvard College, in the 

 keeping of the Treasurer. 



