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Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences

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Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences
FormationJune 28, 1816
Dissolved1837
PurposePromotion of arts and sciences
HeadquartersWashington, D.C., U.S.
Founder
Dr. Edward Cutbush
Main organ
Congress

The Columbian Institute for the Promotion of Arts and Sciences (1816–1838) was a literary and science institution in Washington, D.C., founded by Dr. Edward Cutbush (1772–1843), a naval surgeon.[1] Thomas Law had earlier suggested of such a society "at the seat of government."[1] It was the first "learned society" established in Washington and was organized on June 28, 1816,[2] sixteen years after the city was occupied, and less than two years after the invasion by the British troops.[1] The second article of its constitution states: "The Institute shall consist of mathematical, physical, moral and political sciences, general literature and fine arts."[2]

Members

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The honorary members included three presidents who were still alive during the 1820s; John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison as well as Marquis Lafayette and Baron Cuvier, however, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson were both resident members.[3]

The membership of the institute included many prominent men of the day, including representatives of the military, government service, medical, law and other professions. At least 11 of the men held the office of Mayor of Washington:[3]

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Thomas Law, a bibliographical sketch". Allen G. Clark, Washington, D.C. (1900). Retrieved 2010-06-10.
  3. ^ a b Rathbun, Richard (1904). The Columbian institute for the promotion of arts and sciences: A Washington Society of 1816-1838. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, October 18, 1917. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
  4. ^ Nichols, John B. (1909). History of the Medical Society of the District of Columbia 1817–1909. Washington, D.C.: Beresford, Printer. p. 217. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  5. ^ "Founders Online: To James Madison from Phineas Bradley, 16 July 1818". National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  6. ^ Biographical Annals of Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Chicago, Illinois: The Genealogical Publishing Co. 1905. p. 319. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  7. ^ Wilson, James Grant; Fiske, John (1888). "Carroll, Samuel Sprigg". Appleton's Cyclopædia of American Biography. Vol. I. New York, New York: D. Appleton and Company. p. 539. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  8. ^ McCallum, Jack Edward (2008). Military medicine: from ancient times to the 21st century. ABC-CLIO, 2008. ISBN 9781851096930. Retrieved 2010-06-08.
  9. ^ Nuermberger, Ruth Ketring (July 1947). "Asbury Dickins (1780-1861): A Career in Government Service". The North Carolina Historical Review. 24 (3). North Carolina Office of Archives and History: 281–314. JSTOR 23515626.
  10. ^ Proceedings and Addresses: Celebration of the Beginning of the Second Century of the American Patent System. Washington, D.C.: Gedney & Roberts Co. 1892. p. 454. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  11. ^ Nichols, p. 224.
  12. ^ "History of the Chaplaincy, Office of the Chaplain". Retrieved 2008-09-14.
  13. ^ Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C. Vol. 7. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: The New Era Printing Company. 1904. p. 159. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  14. ^ Lurie, Maxine N.; Mappen, Marc (2004). "Hunter, Andrew". Encyclopedia of New Jersey. Rutgers University Press. p. 396. ISBN 978-0813533254. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  15. ^ Nichols, p. 214.
  16. ^ MacBean, William M. (1925). "George Edmund Ironside, A.M., LL.D.". Biographical Register of Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York. Vol. II. New York, New York. p. 10. Retrieved 2024-11-04.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  17. ^ Looney, J. Jefferson (2020). The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series. Vol. 17. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. pp. 171–172. ISBN 978-0-691-20793-3. Retrieved 2024-11-03.
  18. ^ "Founders Online: William Lambert to Thomas Jefferson, 14 March 1809". National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  19. ^ Oberg, Barbara B. (2008). The Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Vol. 35. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press. p. 717. ISBN 978-0-691-13773-5. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
  20. ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1914). "Laurie, James". Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography. Vol. III. Chicago, Illinois: American Publishers' Association. p. 485. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  21. ^ a b "Founders Online: Thomas Law to Thomas Jefferson, 7 March 1823". National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  22. ^ "Founders Online: Benjamin L. Lear to Thomas Jefferson, 19 September 1821". National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  23. ^ "Ministers 1821-1827" (PDF). All Souls Org., 1998. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2010-06-18.
  24. ^ a b c Nichols, p. 218.
  25. ^ Cutter, William Richard (1912). Genealogical and Family History of Central New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. Vol. I. New York, New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company. p. 140. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
  26. ^ a b Nichols, p. 215.
  27. ^ "Josiah Meigs, Public Official & Educator". Arlington National Cemetery, 2006. Retrieved 2010-06-20.
  28. ^ "Founders Online: Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Munroe, 4 March 1815". National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  29. ^ Preston, Daniel (March 6, 2020). The Papers of James Monroe. Vol. 7. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. p. 667. ISBN 978-1440857850. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  30. ^ "Biographical Sketches.: Rev. Isaac Orr.". History of Bedford, New-Hampshire, Being Statistics, Compiled on the Occasion of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the Town. Boston, Massachusetts: Alfred Mudge. 1851. pp. 263–266. Retrieved 2024-11-06.
  31. ^ "Some Notable Men of the Navy Yard Section: William Prout". Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D. C. Vol. 4. Lancaster, Pennsylvania: The New Era Printing Company. 1901. p. 209. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  32. ^ Nichols, pp. 220–221.
  33. ^ "Founders Online: To George Washington from the Commissioners for the District of Columbia, 7 January 1792". National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  34. ^ "Founders Online: From George Washington to William Tatham, 14 April 1791". National Historical Publications and Records Commission. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
  35. ^ Nichols, p. 229.
  36. ^ Nichols, p. 222.
  37. ^ Sheads, Nancy (June 2, 2018). "Tobias Watkins". Medicine in Maryland, 1752-1920. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  38. ^ "Newspaper Extracts - The Evening Star". Newspaper Abstracts. Retrieved 2010-06-25.
  39. ^ Cleveland, Edmund Janes; Cleveland, Horace Gillette (1899). "Descendants of Edward Winn". The Genealogy of the Cleveland and Cleaveland Families. Vol. III. Hartford, Connecticut: The Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company. p. 2443. Retrieved 2024-11-05.
  40. ^ Nichols, pp. 217–218.
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