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" 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 men. "
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution - Page 5
by Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1860
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The New South Wales Law Reports, 1880-1900, Volume 12

New South Wales. Supreme Court - 1891 - 766 pages
...might regard as most conducive to that end, " was held to be a valid charitable bequest. So a gift to the United States of America to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, " an establishment for the increase of knowledge among men," referred...
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The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science

1891 - 654 pages
...Smithson, bequeathed by his will the whole of his property, something over half a million 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...
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The Chautauquan: a weekly newsmagazine, Volume 14

1892 - 780 pages
...human knowledge. In his will, three years before, he had written, " 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...
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Report Upon the Condition and Progress of the U.S. National Museum During ...

United States National Museum - 1892 - 1128 pages
...Smithson, who had died in Genoa, six years earlier, had bequeathed the reversion of his whole 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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Centennial History of the City of Washington, D. C.: With Full Outline of ...

Harvey W. Crew - 1892 - 884 pages
...to John Fitall, and for the security of the 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...
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Visitors' Companion at Our Nation's Capital: A Complete Guide for Washington ...

George G. Evans - 1892 - 296 pages
...Englishman, James Smithson, who died in Genoa, Italy, in 1829, and who bequeathed 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 White City: The Historical, Biographical and ..., Volumes 1-3

John Moses, Paul Selby - 1893 - 618 pages
...Romanesque. In 1829 James Smithson, an English scientist, died in Genoa, Italy, and bequeathed his 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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Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to Washington and the District of Columbia

Ernest Ingersoll - 1893 - 314 pages
...money, yielding $5o8,318.46. The language of this bequest was : 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...
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Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, Volume 48

1896 - 964 pages
...nephew should die without issue, Smithson provided as follows : " 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...
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An Account of the Smithsonian Institution: Its Origin, History, Objects and ...

George Brown Goode - 1895 - 56 pages
...up his will, containing this most significant provision : — "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...
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