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Index, 



Thomas, Isaiah, 442. 



Thomas, Dr. M., 184. 



Thompson, J., Secretary of the Interior, 155. 



Thompson, Maurice, 419. 



Thornton, D. William, 285 n. 



Thorpe, George, 272. 



Thorwaldsen Museum, 209, 218, 260. 



Thurber, Isaac, 473. 



Thurn, E. Finn, 370. 



Tippoo Saib, 88 n. 



Todd, Charles B., 282 n. 



Tongatabu, specimens from, 165, 171, 174. 



Tornel, Jos6 M., minerals presented by, 134. 



Torquemada, Juan de, 368, 371. 



Torrey, Dr. John, botanist, 386, 438, 446, 451, 452, 



457, 458- 

 Totten, Col. J. G.,99, 106, 139, 167, 176, 180; Regent 



Smithsonian Institution, 143, 144 n, 190, 19T, 



322. 

 Totten Collection, 122. 

 Town.send, I. R., taxidermist, 159, 161. 

 Townsend, J. K., 122, 190. 

 Tradescant, John, the younger, naturalist, 69 n, 



377, 379, 405- 



Tradescant ia viiginica, 405. 



Tradescants, father and son, naturalists, 68. 



Troost, Dr. Gerard, naturalist, 445. 



True, A. C, 313, 345. 



Trumbull, layman. Regent Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, 322. 



Tryon, Governor William, 268. 



Tucker, George, 186, 474. 



Tuckerman, H. T., 140 n, 375 n, 376, 379, 381. 



Tulu (Sulu?) Islands, .specimens from, 165. 



Turgot, A. R. J.,275. 



Turner, Dawson, 418. 



Turner, I,ucien, 370. 



Turrell's Museum, Boston, 71, 443. 



Tycho Brake, 306. 



Tyl-., Dr. Grafton, 186. 



T- ler, John, President of the United States, 

 101 n, 107, 138, 308, 315, 317, 318 n, 472; interest in 

 telegraph, 319. 



Tyler, John, jr., 473. 



Tyler, I,yon G., quoted, 318 n. 



Tylor, Prof. E. B., 368. 



Tyson, Edward, 388 n. 



Uflfizi Gallery, Florence, 221. See Museum of the 

 Uffizi. 



United States Army Medical Museum, 211,257, 



258, 323- 

 United States Bureau of Education, founded, 



323- 

 United States Bureau of Ethnology, founded, 



323- 

 United States Coast Survey, 288, 311,462; origin 



of, 292-296, 297, 442, 475; reorganized, 311, 317, 



452, 455-456. 

 United States Commissioner of Patents, 125, 



129, 130, 132, 141, 142 n, 149, 151,152, 15.3, 154, 155, 



280, 315, 316. See Ellsworth, H. L.; Hollo7i'ay, 



D.P. 

 United States Fish Commission, 18, 19, 27, 43, 44, 



49,53,59,462; founded, 323. 

 United States Geological Survey, 292, 459, 462. 

 United States Military Academy, 277, 434. 

 United States Military Philosophical Society, 86, 



470; established, 277, 471. 



United States National Museum, 19, 23, 27, 28, 30, 

 33, 34, 35, 36, 44, 45, 46, 47, 5°, 52, 56, 61, 70, 74, 75, 86, 

 93, 98, 102, 105, 107, 113, 115, 118,130,136,137,139, 

 145, 147, 149 n, 156, 201, 204, 211, 224, 227, 231, 233, 

 234, 237, 255, 257, 259, 278 n, 280, 312, 321, 322, 458, 

 475; beginnings of, 98, 99; lectures, 3, 6, 8, 9, 10; 

 relation to Smithsonian Institution. See Smith- 

 sonian Institution. 



United States Naval Academy, 317, 462. 



United States Naval Observatory, founded, 308, 

 318; work of, 309, 311,462, 475. 



United States Patent Office, 86, 104,111,113,119, 

 122 n, 123, 125, 127, 128, 130, 131, 132,133, 134,137, 

 140, 141, 142, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 

 157, 158, 159, 161, 298, 311; established, 277; rela- 

 tion to Department of Agriculture, 315, 316; 

 sketch of, 277-2S0. 



United States Signal Service, sketch of, 298-302. 



University of Maryland, 273. 



University of North Carolina, 273. 



University of Pennsylvania, 273; museum of, 211. 



University of Pisa, 221. 



University of the State of New York, regents of, 

 29S. 



University of Vermont, 273. 



Upper California, specimens from, 166. 



Upshur, A. P., Secretar3' of the Navy, 123, 157, 317; 

 interest in Naval Observatory, 318. 



Utah, colleges of, 353. 



Vaillant, Dr. I<eon, 38. 



Valhalla, Ratisbon, 210. 



Valparaiso, specimens from, 16S. 



Van Buren, Dr. William H.,474. 



Van Buren, Martin, President of the United 

 States, 93,94, 115, 311; Department of Agricul- 

 ture created, 315. 



Van Der Donck, Adriaen, zoologi.st, 382. 



Vanderkemp, F. Adrian, zoologist, 425. 



Van Ren.sselaer, Stephen, 44 1. 



Vanuxem, Prof. Ivardner, zoologist, 451-452. 



Varden, John, 122, 159, 161. 



Vardin. See Varden. 



Varignj', Henri de, 36. 



Vatican, 218, 260. 



Vauxhall Garden, American fishes exhibited 

 at, 68. 



Vega, Garcila.s.so de la, historian, 367-368, 371. 



Venegas, Miguel, explorer, 380. 



Venice, museums of, 78, 80, 258. 



Vermont, colleges and learned .societies, 353. 



Vernatti, Sir Philiberto, 375. 



Vernet, Horace, 270. 



Vernon, William, 377. 



I'ernonia, 405. 



Versailles, museum at, 210. 



Victoria, Queen of England, 135. 



Vienna, museums of, 78, 210, 211, 213, 257, 258. 



Vilas, William F., Secretary of the Interior, 153 n. 



Villegagnon, Chevalier de, 364. 



I'iola miihlenbe>gii, 418. 



Virginia, colleges and learned .societies, 353; spec- 

 imens from, 69 n, 377. 



Virginia Company, of lyOndon, 272, 273. 



Virginia Historical Society, Goode member of, 58. 



Volney, Count, traveler, 432-433. 



Voltaire, F. M. A. de, quoted, 306. 



Waite, Chief Justice M. R., Chancellor Smithso- 

 nian Institution, 322. 



