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House of Representatives Proceedings, 01/27/1845

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Summary

The House receives the bill to establish the Smithsonian Institution. The House resolves themselves into a Committee on the Whole but the Smithsonian bill is laid on the table and the Oregon bill is taken up instead.

Subject

United States Congress

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • Title 20, Education
  • Congressional Record

Notes

for bills relating to the act establishing the Smithsonian Institution see S. 18, S. 245, S. 293, S. 292, H. R. 5, H.R. 863, H.R. 259, H.R. 418, H.R. 1, H.R. 1160, H.R. 1161, especially versions of H.R. and S. 18

Contained within

The Congressional Globe, vol XIV (Book)

Contact information

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

Date

  • 1845
  • 01/27/1845

Topic

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

Form/Genre

Congressional Record

Physical description

Number of pages: 1; Page Numbers: 197

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