 | Philip Robert Dillon - 1918 - 378 páginas
...childless, to the United States "for the purpose of founding an institution at Washington to be called the Smithsonian institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The bequest was accepted by Congress in 1836. The property was secured, after a suit in chancery, in 1838.... | |
 | United States. President - 1922 - 678 páginas
...1829. He bequeathed £105.000 to the Gov ernment of the United States In trust to "found at Washington an establishment, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, for the Increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." This bequest became operative in 1835. In 1838 the United States (iovernment... | |
 | United States. President - 1922 - 660 páginas
...1829. He bequeathed £105.000 to the Government of the United States In trust to "fouud at Washington an establishment, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, for the increase and diffusion o£ knowledge among men." This bequest became operative in 1835. In 1838 the United States Government... | |
 | Horace Mann Towner - 1922 - 20 páginas
...promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States. The Government also supports the Smithsonian Institution, for the " increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The United States National Museum and the National Gallery of Art are also supported from the National... | |
 | Charles Buxton Going - 1924 - 826 páginas
...however, on two "select committees" of much more than ordinary interest : one, on "the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men ;" the other, "to inquire into the truth of charges made in this House by Mr. CJ Ingersoll against Mr. Daniel... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Labor - 1924 - 426 páginas
...promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States. The Government also supports the Smithsonian Institution, for the " increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The United States National Museum and the National Gallery of Art are also supported from the National... | |
 | United States. U.S. Congress. Senate. Committee on education and labor - 1924 - 422 páginas
...promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States. The Government also supports the Smithsonian Institution, for the " increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The United States National Museum and the National Gallery of Art are also supported from the National... | |
 | United States - 1983 - 992 páginas
...President, the Chief Justice, and the heads of executive departments are constituted an establishment by the name of the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men, and by that name shall be known and have perpetual succession with the powers,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds - 1945 - 458 páginas
...1$29, and left his fortune to the United States of America to found here an institution to be known as the Smithsonian Institution for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men. The National Museum had its first exhibits displayed in the Smithsonian Building which was erected and... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations - 1925 - 580 páginas
...bequest to the .United States by Mr. James Smithson. of London, for the purpose of founding at Washington an establishment, under the name of the Smithsonian...Increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The Executive having no authority to take any steps for accepting the trust and obtaining the funds, the... | |
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FOR THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG MEN. 
