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Author Burleigh, Nina.

Title The stranger and the statesman : James Smithson, John Quincy Adams, and the making of America's greatest museum, The Smithsonian / Nina Burleigh.

Publication Info. New York : William Morrow, [2003]
©2003

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 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  069 BURLEIGH, NINA    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  069.09753 BURLEIGH    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  069.0975 BURLEIGH    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 298 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 22 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [289]-298).
Contents Acknowledgments -- 1. The body snatchers -- 2. The duke and the widow -- 3. Nobody's child -- 4. Choosing science -- 5. Discoveries and revolutions -- 6. The gift -- 7. 105 sacks of gold -- 8. "A rattlesnake's fang" -- 9. For the increase and diffusion of knowledge -- 10. The Smithson mystery -- Notes -- Bibliography.
Subject Smithson, James, 1765-1829.
Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848.
Smithsonian Institution -- History.
ISBN 0060002417 hardcover
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