Smithson and His Bequest
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PrintWork covers the life and career of James Smithson and his bequest to America. Also covers Congressional debates over the appropriation, as well as early history of the Smithsonian.
Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography
Includes extensive table of contents and illustrations. Also includes appendix which contains the obituary notice of James Smithson, biographies of the first and second Dukes of Northumberland and Notices of Smithson's Papers, extracts of Smithson's writings, and a catalogue of the library of James Smithson.
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (Book)
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1880