Letter from Edward Cutbush to Nathaniel Cutting, Secretary of the Columbian Institute, January 12, 1817
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Sir,
I had the honor to recieve your notes of this day, enclosing a resolve of the Columbian Institute requiring a copy of my address to be
furnished the Committee of arrangement, for
publication. The address, I consider as the property of the Institute. Permit me, through you, to return my sincere thanks for the distinguished honor which the Institute has been pleased to confer, and to request that my address, if published in a pamphlet form [[comma or comma strikethrough?]] may be dedicated to his Excellency the President of the United States, as [[underlined]]Patron of[/underlined]] the Institute, and that the Committee will permit me to make a prefatory remark.__ Be pleased, Sir, to accept my thanks for the opinion which
you have been pleased to express on the
performance, which I consider as an outline
only of a picture, that remains to be
finished by a member of the Institute more competent than myself.__
With great respect
I have the honor
to remain your hble
Svt.
E Cutbush
Jany. 12. 1817
Nathl. Cutting Esq.
Secretary of the
Columbian Institute.__
Washington City D.C. Jan:[[superscript]]y[[/superscript]] 12[[superscript]th[[/superscript]] 1817.
Dr. Cuttbush [[page tear]] signifying
his compliance with the wishes of
the members of the Columbian Insitute
to have a Copy of his Oration for
the Press.___
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[[following text is upside down]]
Nathaniel Cutting Esquire.