56 THE EOYAL INSTITUTION. [CHAP. I. 



improvements at the Foundling Hospital for his friend 

 Mr. Bernard, who was treasurer there. Koasters and 

 boilers were put up, but he was obliged to return to 

 Munich before the kitchens were entirely finished. 



His daughter left America to join her father in 

 England in January 1796. By her Colonel Baldwin 

 wrote from Woburn, January 26, 1796 : 



In answer to your inquiry, I can say that it is my 

 opinion that you can freely return to America, either 

 with or without official leave from the State, as you may 

 choose ; and that you would realise a hearty . welcome 

 from all your old friends and citizens in general. I can 

 say, for one, that there is not a person on earth that I 

 should rejoice so much to see. 



Kumford answered : 



London, March 26, 1796. 



I return you many thanks for your friendly letter, which 

 I received by my daughter, and I beg you would accept 

 my warmest acknowledgments for all the kindness you 

 have shown to my daughter for the many years she has 

 been known to you, 



Her gratitude to you is without bounds, and she says 

 nothing on earth will ever make her forget your goodness 

 to her. I do not despair of being able, at some future 

 period, to express to you in person, by word of mouth, the 

 sense I entertain of your kindness to my dear child. You 

 will not expect that I should attempt to describe the plea- 

 sure I felt at seeing my dear girl after an absence of twenty 

 years ! 



Some years afterwards the daughter gave a vivid 

 picture of her father at this time. 



Count Bumford, my father, having passed several preced- 

 ing years at Munich, in Bavaria, had come to England to 



