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Benjamin Watkins Leigh's Report to the 24th Congress, Sess 1, Senate

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Summary

Leigh reports the details of Smithson's will and the opinion of the Committee on the Judiciary to whom the matter was referred. He reports that the Committee has no doubt that the United States government should act on behalf of the District of Columbia and that it is proper for the United States to prosecute its claim to the fund in the English courts.

Subject

  • Smithson, James 1765-1829
  • Leigh, Benjamin Watkins 1781-1849
  • United States Congress

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • Title 20, Education
  • Congressional Record

Contained within

The Appendix to Gales and Seaton's Register of Congressional Debates 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

  • 1836
  • 01/05/1836

Topic

  • Smithson Bequest
  • Trusts and trustees
  • Act to establish the "Smithsonian Institution," for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Among Men
  • SI, Early History

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

Congressional Record

Physical description

Number of pages: 2; Page Numbers: 77-78

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