The Rumford kitchen or Roaster was invented by Benjamin Thompson (Count Rumford), a native of Salem. Mr. Thompson, after passing through various phases of existence, went to Bavaria, where by his powers of pleasing and wonderful inventive faculties he attracted the attention of the king, and by him was created Count Rumford. One of Count Rumford’s particular studies was the laws which govern heat and cold, and to him we are indebted for great improvement in our chimneys, fireplaces, and kitchen ranges. Before his time all cooking was done over an open wood fire. In the “Life of Count Rumford,” by Ellis, page 240, we find the following: “The Roaster, if not the first, was the most simple, ingenious, and effective apparatus of the kind which, by its arrangement of flues for conveying hot air around the food in the oven as well as by economizing fuel, allowed of the preparation of many articles by one fire, and greatly facilitated the labors and added to the comfort of the cook. They were especially popular in Salem, where many of the flourishing citizens had occasion to recall over their dinners the ‘apprentice boy in Mr. Appleton’s shop.’” Footnote 29: Mme. Milliken, probably the daughter of John Ayer. She was the wife of John Milliken of Boston. Footnote 30: Dr. Southgate’s family resided at Leicester. Footnote 31: Woburn. Footnote 32: Billerica. Footnote 33: Dracut. Footnote 34: _Francestown_, named so after Gov. Wentworth’s wife. Footnote 35: Lady Nesbert, wife of Sir John Nesbert, celebrated for a race ridden against John Randolph in 1719. Footnote 36: Joseph Allston, of South Carolina, had married, February 2, 1801, Theodosia Burr, only daughter of Aaron Burr. Footnote 37: This was Mr. William Constable, who married, February 26, 1810, Miss Mary Elizabeth McVickar, daughter of John McVickar, Esq. Footnote 38: The Patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer had lately married his second wife, Cornelia Patterson. Miss Southgate spelt the name as it was then usually pronounced. Footnote 39: Rensselaer Westerlo and his sister Catherine Westerlo, who afterwards married Mr. Woodworth. Their mother was Catherine Livingston, oldest daughter of Philip, commonly known as the “Signer,” he having been one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Miss Livingston had first married Stephen Van Rensselaer, Patroon of the Manor, and by him had had three children: Stephen, who succeeded his father; Philip, mayor of the city of Albany; and a daughter. Mrs. Van Rensselaer remarried Dominie Westerlo. Footnote 40: Walsh (?). Footnote 41: Oliver Kane, a merchant of New York. He married, at Providence, Rhode Island, May 22, 1803, Miss Ann Eliza Clarke, daughter of John Innes Clarke. Footnote 42: James G. King. Footnote 43: