In her last will she bequeathed this
mansion and the sum of fifteen thousand dollars
"for the purpose of founding and maintain-
ing an institution for the support and educa-
tion of young females who shall be natives
of said Concord and without mothers; the seat
of the said institution to be my house and
estate in said Coneord.
This was the first provision for the
care of orphan children made in New Hampshire,
and from this fact and because it is of inter-
national interest through its connection with
Count Rumford whose name as scientist am phil-
anthropist is hon0red all over the world, the
trustees have kindly consented to permit the
Rolfe and Rumford Asylum t
in this exhibit of the New Hampshire State
Board of Charities and Correction though it
does not in any way come under its supervision,
as no public charges are received.
included
The fund left by the Countess was allow-
ed to accumulate until the income was suffi-
cient forr the complete support of the Home
when it was finally opened on January 15,1880,
the fifth home to be opened in the State, though
the first to be thought of.
a self-perpetuating board off five tristees, the
first five being named by the Countess herself
in her wil1, and cares for twenty little girls,
receiving them at the age of three, and keeping
them until they are eighteen.
educated in a good school maintained in the Home,
and are trained in every practical domestic art.
They attend church at the historie First Church of
Concord of which the grandfather of the Countess,
the Reverend Timothy Walker was the first minister.
It is governed by
They are carefully
