Smithson Bequest Referred to House Committee
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PrintThe matter of the disposition of the bequest of James Smithson, recently awarded to the United States by the English Court of Chancery, is referred to a special committee of the United States House of Representatives, with former President John Quincy Adams presiding.
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
December 10, 1838