CHAPTER VI. 



Count Rumford and his Daughter leave England for Munich. 



Circuitous Route on Account of the War. The Jour- 

 ney and its Incidents. Sarah Thompson s Diary. Ar- 

 rival 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 Return. Cor- 

 respondence 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. Commemo- 

 ration of the Count's Birthday. Love Passages. Va- 

 riances. Excursions. The Count appointed Ambassa- 

 dor to England^ returns there. Not received as such. 



Correspondence. Honors from America. Massa- 

 chusetts Historical Society. Invitation from the United 

 States Government. Correspondence. The Countess re- 

 turns to ^America. Her Narrative. Correspondence. 



IN this chapter, which will cover two more years of 

 Count Rumford' s residence in Germany, I shall 

 draw largely from the autobiographic sketch of his 

 daughter, because it is full of interesting information 

 concerning his domestic and private life, of which we 

 know but little from any other sources. We must 



