Author:

Leigh, Benjamin Watkins 1781-1849  Search this

Subject:

Smithson, James 1765-1829  Search this

Leigh, Benjamin Watkins 1781-1849  Search this

United States Congress  Search this

Physical description:

Number of pages: 2; Page Numbers: 77-78

Type:

Congressional Record

Place:

Washington (D.C.)

Date:

1836

01/05/1836

Category:

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information:

Title 20, Education

Congressional Record

Summary:

Leigh reports the details of Smithson's will and the opinion of the Committee on the Judiciary to whom the matter was referred. He reports that the Committee has no doubt that the United States government should act on behalf of the District of Columbia and that it is proper for the United States to prosecute its claim to the fund in the English courts.

Contained within:

The Appendix to Gales and Seaton's Register of Congressional Debates vol XII (Book)

Contact information:

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Topic:

Smithson Bequest  Search this

SI, Early History  Search this

Trusts and trustees  Search this

Act to establish the "Smithsonian Institution," for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Among Men  Search this

Publisher:

Washington, D.C.: Gales and Seaton

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_4640