 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 men.  Parliamentary Papers - Seite 95von Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1854Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Hugh Chisholm - 1911 - 1118 Seiten
...Hungerford, with the stipulation that should Hungerford die without issue the whole estate should go " 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... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1912 - 820 Seiten
...bequest of James Smithson (qv), couched in the following terms: "I bequeath the whole of my 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 men."... | |
 | 1913 - 880 Seiten
...Institution. When James Smithson died in Genoa in 1829 he left his estate, subject to certain conditions, "to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an Establishment for the increase & diffusion of knowledge among mea."... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1960 - 1034 Seiten
...heirs, Smithson's money was to go to the United States: I then bequeath the whole of my 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 men.61... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations - 1925 - 580 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 1840 - 708 Seiten
...by the same will, the whole of his property, of an amount exceeding four hundred thousand dollars, 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... | |
 | Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) - 1964 - 36 Seiten
...dream articulate. On that day he drew his will. "I bequeath," he wrote, "the whole of my 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... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1890 - 894 Seiten
...OH a guide in adopting , |ihi:i of organ izati on. 1. Will of Siuithsou. The property is bequeathed to the United States of America " to found at Washington, under the uaine of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and dill'usion of knowledge... | |
 | United States. Office of Education. Institute of International Studies - 1969 - 572 Seiten
...English scientist and prominent member of the Royal Society of London, who in 1829 left 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... | |
 | 1969 - 576 Seiten
...English scientist and prominent member of the Royal Society of London, who in 1829 left 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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