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Letter from William Fitzhugh to Asbury Dickens, Esquire, November 1, 1826

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Summary

Letter from William Fitzhugh to Asbury Dickins, Esquire, accepting his nomination as a member of the Columbian Institute, and inclosing $5 for the membership fee. Note from W.L. [William Lambert] Rec'd five dollars. Dated 10 November 1826. Read 2 December 1826. Abstract recorded, Vol. 1 Page 231.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7051, Columbian Institute Records, Image No. SIA_007051_S02_B01_F04_D01

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1826
  • November 10, 1826

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Topic

Form/Genre

Letters (correspondence)

Local number

SIA RU007051 [SIA_007051_S02_B01_F04_D01]

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Ravensworth Nov. 10[[superscript]] th [[/superscript]]. 1826 Sir, I beg leave through you to return to the very respectable "institute", of which you are an officer, my acknowledgements for the honor they have been pleased to confer on me. My pursuits in life will hardly qualify me to become a very useful member. It will, at all times, however, afford me the greatest pleasure, to promote by all the means in my power, the interesting course in which they are engaged. Allow me, through you, to enclose to the treasurer the amount of entrance money required by the constitution, and to assure you of the very great respect, with which I subscribe myself Yr srv W.H. Fitzhugh Asbury Dickins Esq. Rec[[superscript]] d [[/superscript]] [[paid dues?]] W.L.
[[three columns in landscape format]] [[first column]] Letter from W[[superscript]] m [[/superscript]],, Fitzhugh, inclosing $.5. [[line]] Read Dec[[superscript]] r [[/superscript]] 2. 1826, [[line]] Abstract recorded, Vol: 1. page 231. [[second column]] [[rotated 180 degrees]] Asbury Dickins Esq[[superscript]] r [[/superscript]]. [[underlined]]Washington[[/underlined]] [[/rotated]] [[third column blank]]