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      Studley House

      • Date: August 6, 2021
      • Description: Studley House was one of the most important and desirable properties mentioned in the Hungerford Deed and ultimately was awarded to Henrietta Maria Walker. Strangely, neither Studley House nor its counterpart, Great Durnford Manor, are listed in the schedules of properties parceled out to each sister, but it is clear from the records that Walker received Studley and Elizabeth

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      Glossary

      • Date: August 6, 2021
      • Description: Alien: to transfer property title or ownership; this is a specific use of a word that at the time could mean “to separate,” which is how our modern words alien meaning “extraterrestrial” and alienate are all etymologically related to this older word. Annuity: an annual payment or allowance. Henrietta Maria Walker received an annuity from her brother, Lumley Hungerford Keate,

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      Great Durnford Manor

      • Date: August 6, 2021
      • Description: Great Durnford Manor is one of the largest and most sought-after properties described in the Hungerford Deed. In the division of lands, it was awarded to Elizabeth Macie, James Smithson’s mother. Despite battling for years to obtain the manor, Macie sold it to an acquaintance within four years instead of keeping it in the family to pass on to her sons.1 The parish of Durnford

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      Celebrating Handwriting with the Hungerford Deed

      • Date: January 21, 2021
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: Handwriting is a personal passion of mine, despite it having become something of a lost art. Today, when most people think of handwriting at all, it is as a greatly individual method of writing recognizable characters, regardless of the writing system, but in the past, when you could make a living as a scribe, there were highly standardized styles.

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      James Smithson, Founding Donor

      • Date: March 9, 2011
      • Description: Information about James Smithson (c.1765–1829), the founding donor of the Smithsonian.

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      A Tale of Two Sisters

      • Date: August 5, 2021

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      James Smithson: Founder of the Smithsonian Institution

      • Date: September 14, 2012
      • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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      Bibliography

      • Date: August 6, 2021
      • Description: Baggs, A.P., Jane Freeman, and Janet H. Stevenson. “Parishes: Durnford.” In A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 15, Amesbury Hundred, Branch and Dole Hundred, edited by D.A. Crowley, 79–93. London: Victoria County History, 1995. British History Online, accessed July 27, 2021, http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/wilts/vol15/pp79-93. Bennett, Susan. A Thankless Child:

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      Inheritance Received by Smithson's Mother

      • Date: 1766

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      SIA RU007000, Smithson, James 1765-1829, James Smithson Collection, 1796-1951, circa 1974, 1981-1983

      • Date: 1796 1796-1983 1796-1951, circa 1974, 1981-1983
      • Creator: Smithson, James, 1765-1829
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      SIA RU007000, Smithson, James 1765-1829, James Smithson Collection, 1796-1951, circa 1974, 1981-1983

      • Date: 1796 1796-1983 1796-1951, circa 1974, 1981-1983
      • Creator: Smithson, James, 1765-1829
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      Birth of James Smithson

      • Date: c. 1765

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