Plain Advice to the Public. . .Making of Wills
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ID: 96-1637
Creator: Goodluck, W. R
Form/Genre: Paper
Date: 1826
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7000, Box 2, Folder 9
"Plain advice to the public, to facilitate the making of their own wills," published in London by W. R. Goodluck in 1826. Found among James Smithson's personal effects and probably used by him to draft his will in 1826, in which he left the bequest that created the Smithsonian Institution. After they were transported to the United States in 1838, his personal effects were sent to the National Institute which had exhibit space in the U.S. Patent Office building. The Smithson personal effects were later transferred to the Smithsonian.
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This book is listed in the Library of the National Institute catalog in Record Unit 7058, Box 15, Folder 1, as publication #1292, part of the original Smithson bequest.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7000, Box 2, Folder 9
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1826
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Great Britain
96-1637
Color: Color; Size: 4.5w x 7.25h x 1/4d; Type of Image: Book; Medium: Paper