OFFICERS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



FRANKLIN PIERCE, Ex officio Presiding Officer of the Institution. 



ROGER B. TANEY, Ciiancellor of the Institution. 



JOSEPH HENRY, Secretary of the Institution. 



SPENCER F. BAIRD, Assistant Secretary. 



W. W. SEA TON, Treasurer. 



WILLIAM J. RHEES, General Assistant. 



ALEXANDER D. BACHE, 

 JAMES A. PEARCE, 

 JOSEPH G. TOTTEN, 



RICHARD RUSH, 

 WILLIAM H. ENGLISH. 

 JOHN T. TOWERS, 

 JOSEPH HENRY, 



1 

 )■ Executive Committee. 



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J- Buildinsr Committee. 



REGENTS OF THE INSTITUTION. 



, Vice President of the United States. 



ROGER B. TANEY, Chief Justice of the United States. 



JOHN T. TOWERS, Mayor of the city of Washington. 



JAMES A. PEARCE, member of the Senate of the United States. 



JAMES M. MASON, member of the Senate of the United States. 



S. A. DOUGLAS, member of the Senate of the United States. 



W. H. ENGLISH, member of the House of Representatives. 



DAVID STUART, member of the House of Representatives. 



JAMES MEACHAM, member of the House of Representatives. 



GIDEON HAWLEY, citizen of New York. 



J. MACPHERSON BERRIEN, citizen of Georgia. 



RICHARD RUSH, citizen of Pennsylvania. 



ALEXANDER D. BACHE, member of the National Institute, Washington. 



JOSEPH G. TOTTEN, member of the National Institute, Washington. 



