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On the donation which created the Smithsonian Institution...



Item # 685486

December 13, 1843

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Dec. 13, 1843  The back page has: "On the Smithsonian Legacy" which takes most of a column to discuss the contribution of Englishman James Smithson to the United States to create an educational institution which would be the Smithsonian Institution.
Four pages, very nice condition.

Item from Catalog 354 (released for May, 2025)

Category: Pre-Civil War