Letter from Brigadier General Simon Bernard to Asbury Dickens, Esquire, Secretary of the Columbian Institute, August 23, 1826

Washington City, [[underlined]] August 23[[superscript]] d [[/superscript]], 1826. [[/underlined]] Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the letter by which you inform me that the Members of the Columbian Institute have deigned to confer upon me the favor of being a Resident Member of the scientific association. I accept, with the highest sense of gratitude, so distinguished a mark of kindness; & as much as it will not interfere with the time I shall bestow upon professional duties, I make a tender of my feeble means to the class of Mathematical Sciences. I have received the Constitutional Ordinance by which the Institute is governed, I will conform to it. I have the honor to be, Sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant [[stylized signature with final "d" encircling remainder]] Bernard Brig[[superscript]] ier [[/superscript]]. G[[superscript]] al [[/superscript]]. To Asbury Dickens Esq[[superscript]] re [[/superscript]]. Secretary of the Columbian Institute [[underlined]] Washington City [[/underlined]]

From gen[[superscript]] l [[/superscript]]. Simon Bernard, acknowledging the receipt of a notification of his election as a resident member of the Columbian Institute. [[double line]] Read, 2[[superscript]] d [[/superscript]]. Sept[[superscript]] r [[/superscript]]. 1826 [[double line]]