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1846

James Smithson, a British subject, who died in 1829 willed his family fortune for the establishment of an organization in the United States dedicated to education and learning. James smithson had never visited the united States before his death. Congress spent Smithson's money on general ledger expenses, but 20 years later, in 1849, Congress replenished the money and dedicated the resulting organization to James by naming it the Smithsonian Institution.

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