- Title:
- Sir Benjamin Thompson
- Object Name:
- Object ID:
- 2020.027.02
- Place of Origin:
- Keene, NH
- Date:
- 1932
- Description:
- Four photographs related to Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753-1814), matted and framed together with printed biography. Photographs include Count Rumford's birthplace in Woburn, MA; painted portraits of Count and Countess Rumford; and drawing of Rolfe and Rumford Asylum. Stamped on backing paper: "JOHN F. BURGUM, / 40 CENTRAL SQUARE, / KEENE, N.H. / DEC 3 1932".
- Material:
- Paper
- Provenance:
- Compiled and framed by John Fulton Burgum (1854-1933) of Keene, NH, whose father, John Burgum (1826-1907), married Sarah Thompson's adopted daughter, Emma Gannell (1826-1923).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the Historical Society of Cheshire County
- People:
- Thompson, Sarah (1774-1852), Burgum, John (1826-1907), Burgum, John Fulton (1854-1933), Thompson, Benjamin (1753-1814)
- Subjects:
- Thompson, Benjamin, Thompson, Sarah
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