James Smithson and His BequestSmithsonian Institution., 1880 - 68 oldal |
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... bill .. 48 Substitute bill by Mr. Hough for that of Mr. Owen , adopted ... --- . 49 Action of the United States Senate on bill for organizing Smithsonian Institution 49 Organization of Smithsonian Institution ... 49 List of first Board ...
... bill .. 48 Substitute bill by Mr. Hough for that of Mr. Owen , adopted ... --- . 49 Action of the United States Senate on bill for organizing Smithsonian Institution 49 Organization of Smithsonian Institution ... 49 List of first Board ...
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... bill .--- 48 Substitute bill by Mr. Hough for that of Mr. Owen , adopted ---- 49 Action of the United States Senate on bill for organizing Smithsonian Institution Organization of Smithsonian Institution ... 49 49 List of first Board of ...
... bill .--- 48 Substitute bill by Mr. Hough for that of Mr. Owen , adopted ---- 49 Action of the United States Senate on bill for organizing Smithsonian Institution Organization of Smithsonian Institution ... 49 49 List of first Board of ...
14. oldal
... Bill for 2,000 francs , dated 8th October , 1822 , drawn by Mr. Sailly , accepted by Mr. Smithson ... 2,000 00 Bank - note for £ 100 , No. 14419 , 19th December , 1827 , in the hands of Messrs . Gibbs & Co 2,500 00 Parcel containing ...
... Bill for 2,000 francs , dated 8th October , 1822 , drawn by Mr. Sailly , accepted by Mr. Smithson ... 2,000 00 Bank - note for £ 100 , No. 14419 , 19th December , 1827 , in the hands of Messrs . Gibbs & Co 2,500 00 Parcel containing ...
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... bill . Mr. John M. Clayton , of Delaware , also thought a university was in- tended by Smithson . Mr. John C. Calhoun , of South Carolina , was of opinion that the dona- tion was made expressly to the United States , and that " it was ...
... bill . Mr. John M. Clayton , of Delaware , also thought a university was in- tended by Smithson . Mr. John C. Calhoun , of South Carolina , was of opinion that the dona- tion was made expressly to the United States , and that " it was ...
27. oldal
... bill , passed on the 25th of June , 1836 , and was approved by the President on the 1st of July , 1836 . In accordance with this act the President appointed , on the 11th of July , Hon . Richard Rush , of Pennsylvania , as the agent to ...
... bill , passed on the 25th of June , 1836 , and was approved by the President on the 1st of July , 1836 . In accordance with this act the President appointed , on the 11th of July , Hon . Richard Rush , of Pennsylvania , as the agent to ...
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26. oldal - Smithson should be invested, when received, by the Secretary of the Treasury, with the approbation of the President of the United States...
53. oldal - I shall acquire ampler iinforination at more voluminous sources — to a conviction that it is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals which inhabit the earth with him, and consequently that no ignorance is probably without loss to him, no error without evil...
15. oldal - British empire, a public institution for diffusing the knowledge and facilitating the general introduction of useful mechanical inventions and improvements, and for teaching, by courses of philosophical lectures and experiments, the application of science to the common purposes of life.
108. oldal - Like the baseless fabric of a vision, Left not a wreck behind.
15. oldal - A glance at the names of a few of the great organizations instituted in different parts of the world at the close of the last and beginning of the present century will...
21. oldal - In case of the death of my said nephew without leaving a child or children, or of the death of the child or children he may have had, under the age of twenty-one years, or intestate, I then bequeath the whole of my property (subject to the annuity of...
54. oldal - Paris, 1819. Bibliotheca Parisiana. A catalogue of a collection of books formed by a gentleman in France.
16. oldal - Society was to improve the knowledge of natural things, and all useful arts, manufactures, mechanick practises, engynes and inventions by experiments — (not meddling with divinity, metaphysics, moralls, politicks, grammar, rhetorick, or logick.)
22. oldal - In this committee great opposi tion was manifested at first to the acceptance of the bequest, but this yielded to the arguments and persuasion of the distinguished chairman, Mr. John Q. Adams. A bill was accordingly reported, directing the President to appoint an agent to assert and prosecute for and in behalf of the United States in the court of chancery, England, the legacy bequeathed by James Smithson.