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Letter from Dr. Watkins to Asbury Dickens, Secretary of the Columbian Institute, January 21, 1826

ID: SIA RU007051 [SIA_007051_S02_B01_F04_D14]

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Form/Genre: Letters (correspondence)

Date: 1826

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7051, Columbian Institute Records, Image No. SIA_007051_S02_B01_F04_D14

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Summary

Letter from Dr. Watkins, inclosing 50 printed copies of his address delivered on the 7th of January, 1826. Abstract recorded, Vol 1, Page 193. Dated 21 January 1826.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7051, Columbian Institute Records, Image No. SIA_007051_S02_B01_F04_D14

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  • 1826
  • January 21, 1826

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Letters (correspondence)

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SIA RU007051 [SIA_007051_S02_B01_F04_D14]

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Washington 21[[superscript]] t [[/superscript]]. January 1826 Dear Sir, You will receive, herewith, fifty printed copies of the Anniversary Discourse - delivered by me on the 7[[superscript]] h [[/superscript]]. instant, which I pray you to present to the Institute, with a request that it will be pleased to accept them in lieu of the "copy for publication", which was asked of me by its flattering Resolution of the 7[[superscript]] h [[/superscript]]. - For the kind and courteous terms in which you conveyed to me the request of the Institution, I beg you to accept my candid acknowledgements, and to believe that I am, with very sincere respect and regard Yr. friend & svt. [[underlined]] Watkins [[/underlined]] Asbury Dickins Esq. Secretary to the Col. Institute.
D[[superscript]] r [[/superscript]],, Watkins, inclosing 50 printed copies of his address delivered on the 7[[superscript]] th [[/superscript]]. Jan'y, 1826. [[double line]] Read Jan. 21. 1826 Abstract recorded, Vol: 1[[superscript]] st [[/superscript]] page 193.