SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 



Bulletin 101 



THE COLUMBIAN INSTITUTE FOR THE 



PROMOTION OF ARTS AND 



SCIENCES 



A WASHINGTON SOCIETY OF 1816-1838, WHICH ESTABLISHED 



A MUSEUM AND BOTANIC GARDEN UNDER 



GOVERNMENT PATRONAGE 



BY 



RICHARD RATHBUN 



Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 

 In Charge of the United States National Museum 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1917 



