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I have the honour to act in the management of its concerns, 

 you cannot, I think, entertain the smallest doubt of their con- 

 stant protection, and of their readiness on all occasions to do 

 full justice to the zeal and abilities you may display in the 

 situation in which they have placed you. 



" It is with much esteem and a sincere desire that the talents 

 which at so early a period of life you discovered may be culti- 

 vated with care and always employed with success, that I am, 

 Dear Sir, 



u Your Most Obedient Servant, 



" RUMFORD." 



I am also indebted to Dr. Jones for his kindness 

 in copying for me the following extracts from the man- 

 agers' minutes : 



"March 16, 1801. Count Rumford reported that Mr. 

 Davy arrived at the Institution on Wednesday, the nth of 

 March, 1801, and took possession of his situation. 



u In consequence of the verbal directions which Count Rum- 

 ford had received from the managers to prepare a room in the 

 house of the Institution for Mr. Davy, namely, that adjoining 

 the room now occupied by Dr. Garnett, and to refund to the 

 Doctor the expenses he had been at in furnishing the said room, 

 the Count reported that the committee of expenditure had 

 paid to Dr. Garnett < 20 2 3 for a new Brussels carpet, and 

 ij 6 o for twelve chairs, making in the whole the sum of 

 37 8 3, and that the said carpet and chairs have been em- 

 ployed in furnishing the room occupied by the managers. 



" Count Rumford reported further that he had purchased a 

 cheaper second-hand carpet for Mr. Davy's room, together 

 with such other articles as appeared to him necessary to render 

 the room habitable, and among the rest a new sofa-bed, which, 

 in order that it may serve as a model for imitation, has been 

 made complete in all its parts." 



Faraday also was largely indebted to the opportuni- 

 ties and facilities furnished by the Royal Institution 



