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.