...the will of Smithson was expressed should not have been generally understood, or that the words " 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 inerease and diffusion of knowledge among...

...Vegetable Specimens — International Exchanges. AN Englishman, of the name of James Smithson, gave all his property to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, " a,n establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among...

...Vegetable Specimens — International Exchanges. AN Englishman, of the name of James Smithson, gave all 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...

...a disagreement vested it in his nephew, Henry James Hungerford, for life, after which it was to go to the United States of America "'to found, at Washington,...increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The Government of the United States, by act of Congress of July 1, 1836, accepted the bequest. In the same...

...one here, yet, for reasons which have not yet been revealed, lie left his whole estate " To the U. 8. 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,...

...the will of James Smithson. Three years before his death Mr. Smithson bequeathed "the whole of his property to the United States of America, to found,...increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The amount BO bequeathed was $515.169. The Board of Management consists of the President and Vice President...

...trust is the result of a bequest by James Smithson, an English gentleman, who died in 1829. He left 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 cf knowledge among men."...

...London, 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...

...Board of Regents December 8, 1847.) Bv PROF. JOSEPH HENRY. Will of Smithson. The property is bequeathed to the United States of America, to found at Washington,...increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. The bequest is for the benefit of mankind. The Government of the United States is merely a trustee to carry...

...he then says: * Gentleman's Magazine, 1830, vol. c., p. 275. 24 JAMES SMITHSON AND HIS BEQUEST. " I bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under tl,e name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge...