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Omeka Image File
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Width
567
Height
800
Bit Depth
8
Channels
1
IPTC String
caption:Portrait
IPTC Array
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Act of August 10, 1846 [An Act to Establish the Smithsonian Institution], 08/10/1846
Creator
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National Archives and Records Administration. Office of the Federal Register. (04/01/1985 - ) (Most Recent)
Department of State. (09/1789 - ) (Predecessor)
Source
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http://research.archives.gov/description/299812
Publisher
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Series : Enrolled Acts and Resolutions of Congress, compiled 1789 - 2008
HMS Entry Number(s): A-1 5A (1789-1823 segment) A-1 5B (1824-1956 segment) (...)
Record Group 11: General Records of the United States Government, 1778 - 2006
Date
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August 10, 1846
Event
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Event Type
Openings and Dedications
Event Sort Date
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18460810
Dublin Core
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Title
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Act of Congress establishes the Smithsonian Institution
Description
An account of the resource
<a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/68">James Smithson,</a> an English scientist, specified<a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/510"> in his will</a> that if his nephew, Henry J. Hungerford, died without heirs, his estate should be given to the United States to found an institution "for the increase and diffusion of knowledge." Smithson died in 1829 and his nephew died in 1835, without heirs, leaving $508,318 to the people of the United States. In August 1846, President James K. Polk signed an act creating the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/52">Smithsonian Institution</a>, to be established in Washington, DC, either in a <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/194">building of its own </a>or in a wing of the Patent Building.
Source
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Smithsonian Libraries. <a href="http://www.sil.si.edu/Exhibitions/Smithson-to-Smithsonian/compromise_06.html">View original</a>.
Date
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08/10/1846
Coverage
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1830-1859
design & monuments
museums