Emma de la Batut's Claim to Smithson Estate

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Summary

Emma Kirby de la Batut solicits the help of the Minister of France to claim her right to the Smithson estate. Earlier in the year, on February 28, she had written to the Ministers of France and the United States, offering to exchange a valuable seal of the Duke of Northumberland and some of Smithson's family relics in return for her part of the Smithson bequest.

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

James Smithson Collection, 1796-1951. Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7000, Box 3, Folder 6; Box 4, Folder 7.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

November 7, 1881

Topic

  • Smithson Bequest
  • Controversies
  • Inheritance and succession

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