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Letter from Sir court Benjamin Thomas Rumford of Broadlands, to Thomas Garnett of London mentions Thomas Webster's sketches, his imminent return to London, and Garnett's course of lectures at the Royal Institution.

Sixty-six items from Count Benjamin Thompson Rumford to Lady Palmerston describing travel in Italy, France, German; life in the Bavarian court; references to his experiments with heat, his work in poor-relief, Anglo-French politics; details of his marriage settlement with Mme. Lavoisier. Numerous notables of the period mentioned.

Letters from Sir Count Benjamin Thompson Rumford of London to Sir Joseph Banks of London discussing Thomas Garnett's errors in attributing Volta's discoveries to the French; includes draft of Rumford's statement for Garnett to read before the Royal Institution.

Two page letter from Count Benjamin Thompson Rumford, Power of attorney in London to the President Directors and Company of the Bank of the United States gives his power of attorney for collection of interest on all stocks standing to his name in the books of the Treasury of the United States.

Four-page letter from Count Rumford in Auteuil, near Paris, to James F. Baldwin in Boston, Massachusetts. Rumford sends his power of attorney for management of his US funds, and arranges an annuity for his mother Ruth Pierce.

Letters from Count Benjamin Thompson Rumford to Cadell and Davies, London informing them that he arranges for the publication and distribution of three of his essays and requests the receipts of various journals.

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Three-page letter from Karl Theodor of Mainz to Count Rumford in Fulda with a discussion of light and lamps.

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Letter from Count Sir Benjamin Thompson Rumford of London to Ruth Pierce of Flinstown reassures her that he is well; he may be able to visit America in the spring.

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Letter from Sir Count Benjamin Thompson Rumford of London to John Wheelock of Hanover, N.H. encloses account of the founding of the Royal Institution; the Institution wishes to cultivate a friendly correspondence with the College. Enclosure missing.