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[[In landscape format, the paper is folded into three. A note is written in the top portion of the center section. With the paper rotated through 180 degrees, the direction of the letter is written across the middle]]

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From H. Meigs, to the Secretary of the Columbian Institute, [[obscured by red stain]] in answer to a letter notifying him of his election as a corresponding member, dated July 17, 1821.
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Asbury Dickins Esquire
Secretary of the 
Columbian Institute