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Washington, October 18th, 1826 To[[?]] Asbury Dickens, Esq[[superscript]] re [[/superscript]],, Secretary of the Columbian Institute. Sir, I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter informing me that I have been elected a Resident Member of the Columbian Institute for the promotion of arts and sciences. I duly appreciate the honor conferred on me; but knowing the mediocrity of my talent, I feel rather diffident in accepting it and rely on the indulgence of it's members, to whom I will endeavor to prove, the interest I take in the success of that noble institution with sentiments of high respects and consideration. I have the honor to be Sir Your obedient servant [[underlined]] William Tell Poussin [[/underlined]]