On the donation which created the Smithsonian Institution...

Item # 685489

December 22, 1843

DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Dec. 22, 1843 The front page has: "Smithsonian Legacy--No. II".
This discusses 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.