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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. "
Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution - Página 7
por Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1858
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Centennial History of the City of Washington, D. C.: With Full Outline of ...

Harvey W. Crew - 1892 - 884 páginas
...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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The Chautauquan: a weekly newsmagazine, Volumen14

1892 - 780 páginas
...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 páginas
...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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Visitors' Companion at Our Nation's Capital: A Complete Guide for Washington ...

George G. Evans - 1892 - 296 páginas
...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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Rand, McNally & Co.'s Handy Guide to Washington and the District of Columbia

Ernest Ingersoll - 1893 - 314 páginas
...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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The White City: The Historical, Biographical and ..., Volúmenes1-3

John Moses, Paul Selby - 1893 - 618 páginas
...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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An Account of the Smithsonian Institution: Its Origin, History, Objects and ...

George Brown Goode - 1895 - 56 páginas
...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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Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, Volumen48

1896 - 964 páginas
...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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Pioneers of Science in America: Sketches of Their Lives and Scientific Work

William Jay Youmans - 1896 - 636 páginas
...any. In 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...
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Famous Givers and Their Gifts

Sarah Knowles Bolton - 1896 - 438 páginas
...nephew, if he should marry. In case he did not marry, Smithson 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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