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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Smithson, James Lewis Macie -1835 (search)
some authorities giving England about 1754, and others France in 1765. At the commencement of his will, he wrote: I, James Smithson, son of Hugh, third Duke of Northumberland, and Elizabeth, heiress of the Hungerfords of Audley, and niece to Charless degree at Oxford University (1786) under the surname of Macie, but between 1791 and 1803 he adopted the family name of Smithson. He was distinguished at the university as a chemist; became the associate of the leading scientists of the day; and wangs to it accounts of real or supposed discoveries which are referred to the institution. In 1865 a residuary legacy of Smithson was received, amounting to $26,210. In 1876 the total permanent Smithson fund in the United States treasury, drawing intSmithson fund in the United States treasury, drawing interest at 6 per cent. in gold, amounted to $651,000. There were, besides, depreciated investments valued at $35,000, which, with a cash balance on hand, made the total resources of the institution about $700,000.