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Gales and Seaton's Register if Debates in Congress - 12/21/1835

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Summary

Mr. Andrew Jackson Donelson reports President Andrew Jackson's letter to the U.S. Congress, informing them of James Smithson's bequest to the people of the United States to create an institution for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge."

Subject

  • Smithson, James 1765-1829
  • Jackson, Andrew 1767-1845
  • Donelson, Andrew Jackson
  • United States Congress
  • United States President

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • Title 20, Education
  • Congressional Record

Contained within

Gales and Seaton's Register of Debates in Congress vol XII (Book)

Contact information

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

Date

  • 1863
  • 12/21/1835

Topic

  • Smithson Bequest
  • Letters
  • SI, Early History

Form/Genre

Congressional Record

Physical description

Number of pages: 1; Page Numbers: 14

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