Death of Smithson's Nephew
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PrintHenry James Hungerford, nephew of James Smithson, dies in Pisa, Italy, unmarried and without heirs. He is the son of Smithson's half-brother, Henry Louis Dickinson. At the time of his death, Hungerford is known as the Baron Henri de la Batut. Only his mother, Madame Marie de la Batut (a.k.a. Mary Ann Coates), is left to contest the claim of the United States to Smithson's bequest. She is satisfied by the granting of a small annuity payable during her own lifetime.
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
June 5, 1835