An effort made in 1830, which Mr.Gallatin favored, to establish a literary periodical failed, not on account of the pecuniary difficulties, but from the impossibility of uniting a sufficient number of able cooeperators.

But Mr.Gallatin's interest in literature was not as great as in science.[26] In 1841 a national institution for the promotion of science was organized at Washington.

The cooeperation of Mr.Gallatin was invited, but the society had a short existence.

In 1843 Mr.Gallatin was chosen president of the New York Historical Society.

His inaugural address is an epitome of political wisdom.