Senate Consideration of Smithson Bequest
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PrintIn the Senate, on motion of Mr. William Campbell Preston of South Carolina, the December 7 message from President John Tyler, recommending that Congress consider making some specific application of the funds from the James Smithson bequest, is referred to the Committee on the Library: Mr. Rufus P. Choate, Mr. Benjamin Tappan, and Mr. W. C. Preston.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Rhees, William Jones. The Smithsonian Institution: Documents Relative to Its Origin and History: 1835-1899, Vol. 1, 1835-1887. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1901, p. 225.
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December 29, 1841