362 Life of Count Rumford. 



a hearty welcome in my house as long as it may be convenient 

 to you to stay with us. 



" By the by, I much wish you could contrive to bring 



P , &c., &c. 



u I am, ever, Yours most Sincerely, 



"RUMFORD. 

 " The Hon b . le COLONEL BALDWIN, Woburn, &c." 



("Rec d Aug. 27, 1799.") 



The following letter from the mother of Count Rum- 

 ford to Colonel Baldwin, like those of her son relating 

 to herself and her husband, his step-father, gives full 

 evidence of the affectionate regards of the parties 

 concerned. 



" FLJNTSTOWN, July 18, 1799. 



" DEAR SIR, I have waited a long time in anxious ex- 

 pectation of seeing my son, but I fear that I shall be disap- 

 pointed. I have not called for my bill of exchange, for I 

 thought if my son was coming to America as early in the year 

 as he was expected, I would wait until his arrival. I am now 

 in want of some money. When I was at Boston last, Mr. 

 Samuel Clapp told me that if I would get my bills drawn in his 

 name, or in his favor, I have forgot which, but it was to be in 

 such a way as that it would be proper for him to indorse them, 

 that he would take them and indorse them, and sell them, 

 and forward the money for me to Portland. If you would be so 

 kind as to draw my bills in such a way as that it will be proper 

 for Mr. Clapp to indorse them, and put them into his hands, it 

 will do me a great favor. 



" I have had thoughts of coming to Boston this season, but 

 my health is so poor that I do not feel able to perform the 

 journey. My husband is very weak and infirm. If you should 

 get any intelligence of my son, I desire that you would inform 

 me of it as soon as possible, for I feel a great anxiety to hear 

 from him. I fear that something extraordinary is the matter, 

 that I do not hear from him. Please to give my love and 



