 | George G. Evans - Washington (D.C.) - 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... | |
 | Harvey W. Crew - Washington (D.C.) - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Ernest Ingersoll - Washington (D.C.) - 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... | |
 | John Moses, Paul Selby - Illinois - 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... | |
 | Science - 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... | |
 | George Brown Goode - United States - 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... | |
 | William Jay Youmans - Scientists - 1896 - 636 pages
...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... | |
 | Sarah Knowles Bolton - Biography & Autobiography - 1896 - 438 pages
...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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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. 
