January
Jul 28 Aaron Vail Informs US of James Smithson's Gift
Year:
1835
Month:
july
Day:
28
Date:
Tue, 1835-07-28
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Aaron Vail, Charge d'Affaires of the United States in London, writes to Secretary of State John Forsyth, to inform him that an Englishman named James Smithson has left a bequest to the people of the United States to found in Washington an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge. Vail was notified by Smithson's solicitors, Messrs. Clarke, Fynmore & Fladgate.