Encouraging Count Rumford to enter the American service
Document 1799Encourages Count Rumford to revisit his native country - the United States - and insists that he will be well-received. Discusses the military academy and states that he has been authorized to offer him the position of Inspector General of the Artillery
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Type
Contemporary Copy of Letter Signed
Description
Encourages Count Rumford to revisit his native country - the United States - and insists that he will be well-received. Discusses the military academy and states that he has been authorized to offer him the position of Inspector General of the Artillery
Date
09/08/1799
Author
Recipient
Sent from
London
Repository
Collection
Document number
1799090890001
Page start
3
Note
Enclosed in King to McHenry, 09/28/1799.
Notable persons
Count Rumford
Rufus King
Benjamin Thompson
military
Inspector General
Notable locations
London
[Bavaria]
Notable items
Academy
service
artillery
rank
provisions