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Letter from William W. Seaton to Asbury Dickens, Secretary of the Columbian Institute, April 9, 1831

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Summary

Letter from William W. Seaton to Asbury Dickens, Secretary of the Columbian Institute, enclosing a letter from W. d'Azambya, and apologizing for missing the last meeting, dated April 9, 1831.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7051, Columbian Institute Records, Image No. SIA_007051_S02_B01A_F06_D13

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1831
  • April 9, 1831

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  • No Copyright - United States

Topic

Form/Genre

Letters (correspondence)

Local number

SIA RU007051 [SIA_007051_S02_B01A_F06_D13]

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Washington, April 9 1831 Dear Sir The two bags of wheat mentioned by M[[superscript]] r [[/superscript]] Torlach in the enclosed letter, are at my house. I should have attended the last meeting of the Institute, to fulfil M[[superscript]] r [[/superscript]] T's wishes, but the bad weather prevented me. - I send for the letter, lest something should prevent my attendance at the next meeting, and request, if I am absent that you will communicate it to the Institute. Yrs faithfully [[underlined]] W. W. Seaton [[/underlined]] A. Dickens, Esq[[superscript]] r [[/superscript]]. Secretary Col. Institute
To/ Asbury Dickens, Esqr Treasury Dep[[superscript]] t [[/superscript]]. [[rotated 180 degrees]] Read June 6. 1831 [[/rotated]]