File:James Smithson Handwritten Draft - pages 2 and 4.jpg

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English: Full text of the two page, double-sided handwritten draft of James Smithson's will, believed to be in his own handwriting, in which he specifies his bequest to the United States. This handwritten draft of Smithson's will was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution in 1878 from George Henry de la Batut of France 1826
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Source http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_sic_9171
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James Smithson  (1765–1829)  wikidata:Q900947 s:en:Author:James Smithson
 
James Smithson
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Birth name: James Lewis Macie
Description British chemist and geologist
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata 27 June 1829 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris, France Genoa, Italy
Work period from 1784
date QS:P,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1784-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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creator QS:P170,Q900947
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