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Title: The history of Concord : from its first grant in 1725, to the organization of the city government in 1853, with a history of the ancient Penacooks ; the whole interspersed with numerous interesting incidents and anecdotes, down to the present period, 1855 ; embellished with maps ; with portraits of distinguished citizens, and views of ancient and modern residences
Year: 1856 (1850s)
Authors: Bouton, Nathaniel, 1799-1878
Subjects: Pennacook Indians
Publisher: Concord, (N.H.) : Benning W. Sanborn
Contributing Library: University of New Hampshire Library
Digitizing Sponsor: University of New Hampshire Library

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is last days from the late Capt. Joseph Walker. The timeof his death is unknown. SIR BENJAMIN THOMPSON, OR COUNT RUMFORD. Mr. Thompsons connection with Concord, and the circumstancesin which he left it, have already been related.* His subsequentfortunes are the most remarkable that ever attended any person whosename is recorded in our history. Driven by unreasonable suspicionsfrom his home, his wife and infant child; forsaking his nativecountry for a foreign service, he became the associate of princes, thehonored favorite of kings, and the commander of armies. As thepromoter and founder of public institutions of learning and benefi-cence, his genius shone resplendent among the literati and philoso-phers of Europe. His name, invested with the honors which royalty * See pp. 263-4. For tlio beautiful view of the place where he was horn, in Woburn, Mass.,and the portrait of his daughter, Sarah, the Countess of Rumford, I am indebted to the gen-erosity of Jamos F. Baldwin, Esq., of Boston.
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BIOGRAPHICAL. 571 alone cfin confer, is transmitted to posterity as that of the Friendof mankind. The events in the life of Count Kumford, after he left Concord,are so numerous as not to admit of recital, in detail, in the briefspace allotted to this notice.* Suffice it to say, that in January,1776, he was entrusted by Gen. Gage with dispatches to Lord Ger-maine, in England, then Secretary of State for the department ofthe colonies. In 1780 he was appointed under secretary in that de-partment. Towards the close of the Revolutionary War he obtainedthe commission of lieutenant-colonel, and was sent to New-York incommand of a regiment. In 1784 the King conferred on him thehonor of knighthood. Subsequently he went to Germany, and atStrasbourg was introduced to Prince Maximilian, and then to HisSerene Highness the Elector Palatine, reigning duke of Bavaria.From the Elector he received all the honors that could be conferred,and, among others, that of Count ■•of the liohj Roman Empire, t

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