D. K. Este Fisher, et al, vs. Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children of Baltimore City, et al
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PrintJudge Ashley M. Gould, Justice, Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, rules that the bequest of Harriet Lane Johnston of pictures, miniatures, and other articles to a "national gallery of art," are to go to the Smithsonian Institution, which for the purposes of receiving the bequest is adjudged to be the National Gallery of Art.
Smithsonian Legal Documents
Johnston was the niece of President James Buchanan and served as his First Lady.
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 45, Office of the Secretary, 1907-1924 (Charles D. Walcott), Records, Box 78, Folder 15 (Documents)
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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