 | 1880 - 1050 pages
...Smithson, esquire, of Londjn, 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 ihf name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1880 - 644 pages
...intestate, he then says: * Gentleman's Magasine, 1830, vol. o., p. 275. "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... | |
 | William Jones Rhees - 1880 - 292 pages
...intestate, he then says: * Gentleman•s Magazine, 1830, vol. c., p. 275. " 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... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1880 - 548 pages
...case of the death of the nephew without leaving a child or children, the whole property 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... | |
 | George N Lamphere - Executive departments - 1880 - 320 pages
...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, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among... | |
 | William Jones Rhees - 1880 - 296 pages
...intestate, he then says: * Gentleman's Magazine, 1830, vol. o., p. 275. " I bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America, to found at Washington, under tJie name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge... | |
 | 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,...increase and diffusion of knowledge among men, and the gift was carried into effvJL A late distinguished citizen of this state gave, by his will, to th»<... | |
 | 1881 - 856 pages
...Gentleman's Magazine, 1830, vol. c., p. 275. 24 JAMES 8MITHSON AND HIS BEQUEST. 11 1 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... | |
 | Art - 1881 - 520 pages
...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... | |
 | 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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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. 
