House Select Committee Appointed to Review Smithson's Bequest

Object Details

Category: Chronology of Smithsonian History
Notes: Rhees, William Jones. The Smithsonian Institution: Documents Relative to Its Origin and History: 1835-1899, Vol. 1, 1835-1887. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1901, p. 225.
Summary: The House of Representatives appoints a select committee on the James Smithson bequest. John Quincy Adams, Richard W. Habersham, Truman Smith, James R. Underwood, Benjamin Randall, Charles J. Ingersoll, Robert M. T. Hunter, George S. Houston, and Samuel S. Bowne are appointed to said committee.
Contact information: Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Subject: Adams, John Quincy 1767-1848; Bowne, Samuel S; Habersham, Richard Wylly 1786-1842; Houston, George S (George Smith) 1811-1879; Hunter, Robert M. T; Ingersoll, Charles Jared 1782-1862; Randall, Benjamin; Underwood, Joseph R (Joseph Rogers) 1791-1876; Smith, Truman; United States President; United States Congress

Topic: Act to establish the "Smithsonian Institution," for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Among Men; Smithson Bequest