 | United States. Supreme Court - 1883 - 1004 oldal
...sense. The Smithsonian Institution owes its existence to a bequest of James Smithson, an Englishman, "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... | |
 | 1884 - 544 oldal
...Smithson. Its object is stated in the following clause of his will: "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... | |
 | Joseph West Moore - 1884 - 324 oldal
...a million dollars. By his will the estate passed to a relative for life, and afterward descended " 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... | |
 | 1887 - 524 oldal
...bequeathed by James Smitbson, an English bachelor, who died at Genoa in 1826, bequeathing his whole fortune "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... | |
 | Joseph West Moore - 1887 - 320 oldal
...half a million dollars. By his will the estate passed to a relative for life, and afterward descended "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... | |
 | 1888 - 508 oldal
...Smithson, of London, who died at Genoa several years since, 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... | |
 | Amherst Daniel Tyssen - 1888 - 658 oldal
...President of the US v. Drummond (May, 1838) (cit. 7 HL 141, 155). Lord Langdale, ME, decided that a gift to the United States of America to found at "Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase of knowledge among men, was a valid... | |
 | Charles Burr Todd - 1889 - 464 oldal
...an English scientist named James Smithson, died in Genoa, Italy, and bequeathed his entire 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... | |
 | 1889 - 758 oldal
...James Smithson, an English scientist, who, in his will of October 23, 182G, left all 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. 
