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Luckarunny (.NJ.) 20[[superscript]]t[[/superscript]]. May 1821. Dear Sir I should before this time have acknowledged the receipt of your polite note informing me of my election as a corrisponding member of the Columbian Institute for the promotion of arts & sciences _ Will you do me the favor to express to the Society my sincere thanks for the honor they have conferred on me _ Altho' I cannot promise to be an useful member, _ I will endeavour to be an attentive one [[drawing of a line]] With the best wishes for the Success of the Institution, I am with great respect & Esteem Your friend & Hum. Ser. M. Dickerson Asbury Dickins Esq: