January
May 9 US Wins Smithson Case in English Court of Chancery
Year:
1838
Month:
may
Day:
9
Date:
Wed, 1838-05-09
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The English Court of Chancery suit, brought by American attorney Richard Rush, pertaining to the James Smithson bequest to create the Smithsonian Institution, is decided in favor of the United States.