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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC01533
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1802
Title	Thomas Jefferson to the Institut National de France on becoming its first American member
Date	14 November 1802
Author	Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Document Type	Correspondence
Content Description	Jefferson sends his thanks for becoming the first American member of the Institute. The letter is addressed to "Citizens, President and Secretaries."
Subjects	President France Global History and Civics Literature and Language Arts Science and Technology
People	Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)
Place written	Washington, D.C.
Theme	The Presidency; Foreign Affairs; Arts & Literature; Science, Technology, Invention
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide Citizens President and Secretaries I have received [sic] the letter wherein you have been pleased to announce to me that the National institute of sciences and arts had elected me a foreign associate for the class of moral and political sciences: and I receive it with that sensibility which such an expression of respect from a body of the first order of science, is calculated to inspire. Without pretensions to those qualifications which might do justice to the appointment, I accept it as evidence of the brotherly spirit of Science, which unites into one family all it's votaries of whatever grade, and however widely dispersed through the different quarters of the globe. Accept, Citizens President and Secretaries, for yourselves and your associates, the assurances of my high consideration and respect. Th: Jefferson Washington Nov. 14. 1802.

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