| 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,...increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The "act to establish the Smithsonian Institution," consists of the preamble cited in the note below, and... | |
| 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,...increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The "act to establish the Smithsonian Institution," consists of the preamble cited in the note below, and... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 582 pages
...100 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 establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
| New Jersey. Court of Chancery - 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... | |
| Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1846 - 686 pages
...children he may have had under the age of 21 years, or intestate," the property in question was 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... | |
| 1847 - 486 pages
...will be remembered that James Smithson, Esq., of London, gave his whole property to the United Slates of America, to found at Washington, under the name...increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. The sum of money paid into the United States Treasury under this bill, was $515,169, which has been on... | |
| Smithsonian Institution - 1847 - 42 pages
...of London, in 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... | |
| United States. Congress. House - 1849 - 668 pages
...SERVE AS A GUIDE IN ADOPTIXC; 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 o! knowledge among... | |
| 1849 - 626 pages
...SERVE AS A GUIDE IN ADOPTING A FLAN 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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