| 1837 - 358 pages
...of London, to the United States, for the purpose of founding, at Washington, an establishment under the name of "The Smithsonian Institution, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." 18. A conflict takes place near Fort Crum between a party of 50 or 60 Seminole... | |
| charles bowen - 1836 - 376 pages
...of London, to the United States, for the purpose of founding, at Washington, an establishment under the name of " The Smithsonian Institution, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." 18. A conflict takes place near Fort Cram between a patty of 50 or 60 Seminole... | |
| United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - 1907 - 694 pages
...by Mr. James Smithson, of London, for the purpose of founding "at Washington an establishment under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The Executive having no authority to take any steps for accepting the trust and... | |
| 1839 - 1112 pages
...Mr. James Smithson, of London, lor the purpose of founding, at Washington, an establishment, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The Executive having no authority to take any steps for accepting the trust,... | |
| American Institute of Homeopathy - 1873 - 778 pages
...American products? The grand gift of James Smithson was "to found at Washington an establishment under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." What knowledge can be more needed to-day, and of greater value to all men, than... | |
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