Papers, 1839-1922.

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Papers, 1839-1922.

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Diaries, accounts, and apprenticeship papers of John Burgum (1826-1907), apprentice to a clock dial painter in England and decorator of coaches and wagons for the Abbot-Downing Company of Concord, N.H.; papers of Emma Gannell Burgum (1826-1923) including correspondence, post cards, diaries, childhood reminiscences of Mrs. Burgum as the adopted daughter of Sarah, Countess of Rumford, and notes on Sarah's father, Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford; and pricked patterns, designs for chair backs, letters, numbers, flowers, and scrolls of Edwin Gannell Burgum (1858-1948).

2 ft. (ca. 300 items)

New Hampshire Historical Society Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8054148

New Hampshire Historical Society Library

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Burgum, Emma Gannell, 1826-1923

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Burgum family.

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Burgum, Edwin Gannell, 1858-1948

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Burgum, John, 1826-1907

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Rumford, Benjamin, Graf von, 1753-1814

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Scientist and inventor; lived in New Hampshire; also known as Sir Benjamin Thompson Rumford. From the description of Family papers, 1747-1852. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963873 Rumford, an applied physicist and inventor, as well as a soldier of fortune, and philanthropist, was born in Massachusetts, but after siding with the British in the American Revolution, lived mostly in England, Bavaria, and France. He studied heat, gunpowder, coo...

Rumford, Sarah Thompson, Countess, 1774-1852

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Abbot-Downing Company (Concord, N.H.)

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