Letter from Josiah Meigs to Asbury Dickens, Secretary of the Columbian Institute, August 14, 1820
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Columbian Institute
Sir,
With this I transmit the official
notice of ^[[thanks for]] a present from Mr Schoolcraft.
The various notices in the [[underscore]] envelope[[/underscore]] prove that the Institute has
not been deficient in [[underscore]]decorum[[/underscore]].
I have been informed that Mr.
[[underscore]]Schoolcraft[[/underscore]] is attached
to the family of [[underscore]]Governor Cass[[/underscore]],
now employed in the scientific exploration of the South + West Boundaries of the Great Lakes.._ I will
thank you to [[underscore]]preserve the Letter with
its envelope[[/underscore]] .- It may reach him
by next Christmas .- or earlier.
The polite notice from
Mr [[underscore]]Elgar[[/underscore]] will, of course, claim the Attention of the Institute_
I will thank you to cause notice to be given (in the N. Int & other Public Journals of the City & District of Columbia,) of an [[underlined]] early [[/underlined]] meeting of the Institute.
I have the honor to be very respectfully yours.
Joseph Meigs
President of the Columbian Institute }
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Asbury Dickins Esquire
Secretary of the Columbian Institute }
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From J. Meigs, to the Secretary of the Columbian Institute, relative to M. Schoolcraft, M. Elgar, and to a special meeting of the Columbian Institute.
dated, 14, August, 1820.