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Mark: Jany 14[[superscript]] th [[/superscript]] - 26 D[[superscript]] r [[/superscript]] Sir I received your note of Dec: last signifying my Election as a member of the Columbian Institute. I saw D[[superscript]] r [[/superscript]] Huntt, previous to receiving your communication, & as I told him my desyr to attend; it did not [[underlined]] then [[/underlined]] occur to me that I should also write to you. Circumstances appear hitherto to have conspired to