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Senate Proceedings, 02/25/1839

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Summary

The bill providing for the disposition and management of the Smithson fund is taken up and after discussion including Robbins, Niles, Calhoun, Walker, Crittenden, Brown, Benton and Hubbard is laid on the table with 20 yeas and 15 nays

Subject

  • Robbins, Asher 1761-1845
  • Niles, John M
  • Calhoun, John C (John Caldwell) 1782-1850
  • Walker, Robert J
  • Crittenden, John J
  • Brown, Bedford
  • Benton, Thomas H
  • Hubbard, Henry
  • United States Congress

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • Title 20, Education
  • Congressional record

Notes

See S. 292 and 293

Contained within

The Congressional Globe, vol. VII (Book)

Contact information

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

Date

1839

Topic

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

Form/Genre

Congressional Record

Physical description

Number of pages: 1; Page Numbers: 204

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