Letter from Richard Rush to Asbury Dickens, Secretary of the Columbian Institute, December 19, 1825
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Sir.
I have received your communication of the 10[[superscript]] th [[/superscript]] of this month informing me that "the Columbian Institute for the promotion of Arts and Sciences" have been pleased to elect me a resident member of their body.
I beg through you to express my sense of this obliging mark of favor on the
Asbury Dickens Esquire,
Secretary of the Institute.
part of the Institute, as well as make known my thankfulness under it.
I have the honor to remain your most obt. svt.
Richard Rush.
From Richard Rush, acknowledging the receipt of a letter, notifying him of his election as a resident member of the Columbian Institute, - dated 19[[superscript]] th [[/superscript]]. December, 1825.
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