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... duty and all other deductions , the first payment to be made to him at the expiration of three months after my death . I have at divers times lent sums of money to Henry Honoré Juilly , formerly my servant , but now keeping the ...
... duty and all other deductions , the first payment to be made to him at the expiration of three months after my death . I have at divers times lent sums of money to Henry Honoré Juilly , formerly my servant , but now keeping the ...
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... duty which the President's power of attorney devolves upon me . Towards asserting and prosecuting with effect , before the legal tribunals of England , the claim of the United States to the legacy bequeathed to them by James Smithson ...
... duty which the President's power of attorney devolves upon me . Towards asserting and prosecuting with effect , before the legal tribunals of England , the claim of the United States to the legacy bequeathed to them by James Smithson ...
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... duty which it enjoins ; and he is here , their representative and attorney in the matter set forth . His full power from the President , and a copy , under seal of the Department of State , of the law on which it is founded , are ready ...
... duty which it enjoins ; and he is here , their representative and attorney in the matter set forth . His full power from the President , and a copy , under seal of the Department of State , of the law on which it is founded , are ready ...
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... duty of the undersigned is to obtain , for his high con- stituent , possession of the fund without any delay that can be avoided . His questions for the opinion of counsel in England are : 1st . Can possession of it be obtained without ...
... duty of the undersigned is to obtain , for his high con- stituent , possession of the fund without any delay that can be avoided . His questions for the opinion of counsel in England are : 1st . Can possession of it be obtained without ...
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... duty to keep you informed of what is going on , I hope it will not be inferred that there are relaxations in either ; since it is very likely to happen , as has been the case since the date of my last letter , that whilst I am doing all ...
... duty to keep you informed of what is going on , I hope it will not be inferred that there are relaxations in either ; since it is very likely to happen , as has been the case since the date of my last letter , that whilst I am doing all ...
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Página 632 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Página 2 - I mean stock to remain in this country) to the United States of America, to found, at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Página 942 - The property is bequeathed to the United States of America, "to found at Washington, under the name of the SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Página 483 - Institution", to be composed of the Vice President, the Chief Justice of the United States, and three members of the Senate and three members of the House of Representatives; together with six other persons, other than members of Congress, two of whom shall be resident in the city of Washington; and the other four shall be inhabitants of some State, but no two of them of the same State.
Página 471 - President of the United States, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of "War, the Secretary of the Navy, the Postmaster General, the Attorney General, the Chief Justice, and the Commissioner of the Patent Office of the United States, and the Mayor of the city of Washington, during the time for which they shall hold their respective offices, and such other persons as they may elect honorary members...
Página 594 - And the said regents shall make, from the interest of said fund, an appropriation, not exceeding an average of twenty-five thousand dollars annually, for the gradual formation of a library, composed of valuable works pertaining to all departments of human knowledge.
Página 226 - December, 1861, by appointing a joint committee of three members of the Senate and four members of the House of Representatives "to inquire into the conduct of the present war." To accomplish this object the committee was given power "to send for persons and papers, and to sit during the recess of either House of Congress.
Página 595 - ... as they shall deem best suited for the promotion of the purpose of the testator, anything herein contained to the contrary notwithstanding.
Página 619 - Each memoir presented to the institution to be submitted for examination to a commission of persons of reputation for learning in the branch to which the memoir pertains ; and to be accepted for publication only in case the report of this commission is favorable.
Página 253 - Michigan, acknowledges itself to owe and for value received hereby promises to pay to the bearer hereof the sum of ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS lawful money of the United States of America...