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Report Upon the Condition and Progress of the U.S. National Museum During ... - Page 281
by United States National Museum - 1892
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Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 17

Smithsonian Institution - Science - 1880 - 1054 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...
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Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 17

1880 - 1050 pages
...in the Kingdom of Great Britain, by his last will and testament, did give 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...
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Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 18

1880 - 874 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...
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The middle States: a handbook for travellers [ed. by M.F. Sweetser].4th ed

Moses Foster Sweetser - 1881 - 572 pages
...no one here, yet, for reasons which have not yet been revealed, he left his whole estate " To the US of America, to found at Washington, under the name...increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The sum given amounted to $515,000, which was invested in Arkansas bonds and was lost when that State repudiated,...
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The Academy, Volume 20

Art - 1881 - 520 pages
...to his nephew, the illegitimate son of his own illegitimate half-brother — bequeathed his entire estate " 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...
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Familiar Allusions: A Hand-book of Miscellaneous Information Including the ...

William Adolphus Wheeler - Allusions - 1881 - 600 pages
...for reasons unknown left the whole of his property, amounting to over half a million of dollars, " to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, au establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among...
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Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volume 21

1881 - 856 pages
...serve as a guide in adopting a Plan of Organization. 1. Will of Smithson. The property is bequeathed 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...
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Reports of Cases Decided in the Court of Chancery, the Prerogative ..., Volume 6

John Hoff Stewart - Equity - 1881 - 808 pages
...offspring 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...
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Stoddart's Encyclopaedia Americana: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 1

Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1883 - 802 pages
...institutions. James Smithson, an English scientist, who died at Genoa in 1829, left by will a bequest to the United States of America "to found at Washington,...increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The amount of this bequest, when received at Washington in 1838. was $515,169. The institution was founded,...
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Supreme Court Reporter, Volume 2

United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1883 - 1004 pages
...sense. The Smithsonian Institution owes its existence to a bequest of James Smithson, an Englishman, "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...
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