Resolutions of the Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences on the Death of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams
| Columbian Institute, Washington, July 15. 1826. |
“In testimony of the profound respect entertained by the Institute for the illustrious memory of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two of the founders of the Republic, who descended to the tomb on the fiftieth anniversary of its independence; who, during a long life successfully devoted to their country, to liberty and to science, have merited the gratitude of their fellow-citizens, honour from other nations, and fame from posterity and who, to these high claims to our veneration, hav[e] added, as honorary members of the Institute, a peculiar title [of?] our affectionate [. . .] remembrance; It is Resolved—
“1. That an Eulogy on their characters be pronounced1 before the Institute;
“2. That the members of the Institute wear crape on the left arm for one month.
“Resolved, further, That the foregoing resolutions be communicated to the families of the deceased.”
| Asbury Dickins, |
| Secretary. |