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DOCUMENT USED AS EVIDENCE THAT PORTRAIT IS AUTHENTIC
Phila. April 5th, 1811
I acknowledge receiving from John Jacques Hughes Esq. $350.00 for the drawing of the Revd. John Harvard of Harvard College.
I received the drawing from Mr. Benjamin West, who declared it was taken from the life and was presented to him by a gentleman of quality and that he had no doubt but it was by a French painter of noteworthy fame. I remain Respectfully yours Rembrandt Peale P. A. U.
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