 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1893 - 916 páginas
...correspondence with Mr. Hodgkins in which he had intimated his desire to give a considerable sum to the fund of the Smithsonian Institution for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The correspondence was followed by personal visits both by the Secretary and by the Assistant Secretary,... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - 1893 - 816 páginas
...the Chief Justice, and the heads of Executive Departments are hereby 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,... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1895 - 322 páginas
...Vice-President, the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, and the heads of Executive Departments an establishment under the name of the "SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, FOR THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDUK AMONG MEN." The members of this establishment are to hold stated and special meetings for... | |
 | United States. President - 1896 - 698 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... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - 1908 - 678 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... | |
 | United States. President - 1897 - 586 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... | |
 | United States. President - 1897 - 712 páginas
...He bequeathed ,¿"105,000 to the Government 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 Government received... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1901 - 1140 páginas
...persons as they may elect honorary members, be, and they are hereby 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,... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1904 - 808 páginas
...Englishmen, James Smithson, who died in 1829 and left his fortune to the United States to found at Washington an establishment under the name of the Smithsonian Institution" for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." Congress after much discussion passed a law in 1846 founding the Institution.... | |
 | Paul Samuel Reinsch - 1909 - 920 páginas
...Englishman, James Smithson, who died in 1829 and left his fortune to the United States to found at Washington an establishment under the name of the Smithsonian Institution "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." Congress after much discussion passed a law in 1846 founding the Institution.... | |
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FOR THE INCREASE AND DIFFUSION OF KNOWLEDGE AMONG MEN. 
