Object Details
- Subject
- Jackson, Andrew 1767-1845
- Smithson, James 1765-1829
- United States Congress
- United States President
- United States President (1829-1837 : Jackson)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- Letter by President Andrew Jackson to the United States Congress informs them that as president he has no authority to take any steps for accepting James Smithson's bequest but instructs Congress to take such measures as they deem necessary to accept the funds.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7000 Box 4, Folder 3
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- December 17, 1835
- Standard number
- 2005-33527
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Document
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Color Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Document; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Executive power
- Letters
- SI, Early History
- Smithson Bequest
- Record ID
- siris_sic_11610
