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      Elizabeth Macie

      • Date: August 5, 2021
      • Description: Elizabeth Macie née Elizabeth Hungerford Keate (1728–1800) was the mother of James Smithson. She is the central figure and the driving force behind the events recounted in the Hungerford Deed. Macie was a complex individual, keenly aware of her position in society and continually peering backward toward her paternal family’s heritage while hoping to leverage it for her own

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    3. Portrait of James Smithson.

      Hungerford Family Visits the Smithsonian

      • Date: August 27, 2019
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: In July 2019, the Hungerfords, descendants of James Smithson’s mother’s family visited the Smithsonian and got to see a new Hungerford document.

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      James Smithson Collection, July 28, 1787

      • Date: 1787 July 28, 1787
      • Creator: Smithson, James 1765-1829

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      George Keate

      • Date: August 6, 2021
      • Description: George Keate (1729–1797) was a first cousin of Elizabeth Macie and Henrietta Maria Walker. He served as a trustee of Walker’s marriage settlement, and was therefore involved in all subsequent legal matters, including those described in the Hungerford Deed. Keate was the son of George Keate the elder, the younger brother of John Keate (Macie and Walker’s father).

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      Hungerford Deed

      • Date: August 4, 2021
      • Creator: WhitesellA

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      Hungerford Deed

      • Date: August 4, 2021
      • Creator: WhitesellA

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    13. James Macie Changes His Name to Smithson, February 16, 1801, Smithsonian Archives - History Div.

      James Macie Changes His Name to Smithson

      • Date: February 16, 1801

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    15. A close-up view of a parchment sheet, covered closely with black ink writing. A passage is highlighted in yellow, “Estate at Studley and Calne and other Places in the County of Wilts[hire].”

      Tracing Inheritance in the Hungerford Deed

      • Date: September 24, 2020
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: The Hungerford Deed split an inherited estate between two sisters—but what do we know about those properties? We’ve dug deep into one of them here.

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    17. The top half of a yellowed parchment sheet is shown, covered densely with dark brown ink. A passage is highlighted in yellow, reading “She the said Henrietta Maria Walker by virtue and in pursuance of the Power and Authority reserved and given to her in and by the said recited Indenture of Release and Settlement of the thirteenth of July One thousand seven hundred and sixty nine and of all and every other Power and Powers Authority and Authorities to her belonging in her vested”.

      Enduring Mysteries of the Hungerford Deed

      • Date: December 3, 2020
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: Much has been learned and uncovered about the Hungerford Deed—but what is still out there to learn? Dig in with us to explore a few of these unanswered questions!

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      A Hungerford Property History of Women’s Rights

      • Date: March 25, 2021
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: We’ve learned so much about the specific women of James Smithson’s family though the Hungerford Deed—but what can it tell us about women’s rights in the eighteenth century?

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      The Hungerford Deed, Page 1 Transcript

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        Introducing: A Tale of Two Sisters: The Hungerford Deed and James Smithson’s Legacy

        • Date: August 10, 2021
        • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
        • Description: To commemorate the Smithsonian’s 175th anniversary on August 10, 2021, the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives is launching a web exhibit that sheds new light on English chemist James Smithson’s gift to found the Smithsonian.

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