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may 



Count Ru77iford^s Donation. 



not be given, but that the value of it may be referved, 

 and being laid out in the purchafe of additional ftock in the 

 American funds, may be employed to augment the capital of 

 this premium ; and that the interefl of the fums by which the 

 capital may from time to time be fo augmented, may regularly 

 be given in money, with the two medals, and as an addition to 

 tlic original premium^ at each succeeding adjudication of it. 

 And it is further my particular requeft, that thofe additions to 

 the value of the premium arifing from its occafional non-adju- 

 dications may be fuffered to increafe without limitation. 



With the highefl refpedl for the American Academy of Arts 

 and Sciences, and the mofl earned wifhes for their fuccefs in 



their labours for the good of mankind, 



I have the honor to be, with much efteem and regard, 



Sir, 



Your mod obedient, 



humble fervant. 



RUMFORD. 



London^ July 1 2th^ 1 796. 



> the Hon, JOHN ADAIVIS, Efq. Prcfident of 

 the American Academy of Arts and Sciences* 



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