American journal of pharmacy . the Hungerfords of Studley, & Niece toCharles, the proud Duke of Somerset, now residing in BentinckStreet, Cavendish Square, do this twenty-third day of October, onethousand eight hundred and twenty-six, make this my last Will andTestament. His will directed that an annuity of ;^iOO should be paid hisormer servant, John Fitfall, during life ; that sums of money which i Am. Jour. , IWH. James Smithson. 169 had been lent to another former servant, Henry Honore Sailly,should be allowed to remain with the debtor for five years from thedate of the will at
American journal of pharmacy . the Hungerfords of Studley, & Niece toCharles, the proud Duke of Somerset, now residing in BentinckStreet, Cavendish Square, do this twenty-third day of October, onethousand eight hundred and twenty-six, make this my last Will andTestament. His will directed that an annuity of ;^iOO should be paid hisormer servant, John Fitfall, during life ; that sums of money which i Am. Jour. , IWH. James Smithson. 169 had been lent to another former servant, Henry Honore Sailly,should be allowed to remain with the debtor for five years from thedate of the will at 5 per cent, per annum. The income of hisestate, with the exception noted above, was bequeathed to hisnephew, Henry James Hungerford, who was empowered to make ajointure should he marry. To Hungerfords children, should hehave any, the estate was bequeathed absolutely and forever in suchshares as the father might care to direct, and, should he fail to directsuch division, then the estate was to be divided among the children. United States National Museum. in such shares as the Lord Chancellor might deem proper. Theclause which is of especial interest, is the following: In the case ofthe death of my said nephew without leaving a child or children, orthe death of the child or children, he may have had under the ageof twenty-one years, or intestate, I then bequeath the whole of myproperty, subject to the Annuity of One Hundred Pound to JohnFitfall, & for the security & payment of which I mean Stock toremain in this Country, to the United States of Ameiica, to Jound atWashi?igton, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an Estab-lishment for the increase &• diffusion of knoivledge among men ijo J awes Smithson. {^°M>vnJm^^ It would be difficult to excel the simple majesty of the last fewwords of that clause. Possibly no higher tribute has ever been paidto the honor of the people of the United States than the absolutetrust which Smithson reposed in them when he placed in
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