| Science - 1855 - 490 pages
...£100 to John Fitall, and for the security and payment of which 1 mean stock to remain in this country, to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
| 1855 - 990 pages
...£100 to John Fitall, and for the security and payment of which 1 mean stock to remain in this country, to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
| New Jersey. Court of Chancery - Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 748 pages
...Dflspring of lofty sentiments, not of disordered imaginations. James Smithson limited his estate over to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
| 1840 - 566 pages
...to John Fitall, (and for the security and payment of which I mean stock to remain in this country,) to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian institution, an estabUiltment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
| Smithsonian Institution - 1847 - 42 pages
...the Kingdom of Great Britain, having by his last will and testament given the whole of his property to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
| History, Modern - 1849 - 626 pages
...Museum, and a Gallery of Art." GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS WHICH SHOULD SERVE AS A GUIDE IN ADOPTING A FLAN OF ORGANIZATION. 1. WILL OF SMITHSON. The property...increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." 2. The bequest is for the benefit of mankind. The government of the United States is merely a trustee... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1849 - 668 pages
...Hoard of Regents, December 13, 1847. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS WHICH SHOULD SERVE AS A GUIDE IN ADOPTIXC; A PLAN OF ORGANIZATION. 1. WILL OF SMITHSON. The property...America, " to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion o! knowledge among... | |
| Emerson Davis - History - 1851 - 482 pages
...SMITHSON, of London, who died about 1827, at Genoa, had bequeathed the reversion of his whole estate to the United States of America, to " found at Washington, under the name of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men."... | |
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