Index. 



515 



Walker, Francis A., Superintendent Tentli Cen- 

 sus, 53. 



Walker, R. J., Senator, 103, 104, 106, 107, loS, 124, 

 125, 176, 179, 190, 191,472; quoted, 474. 



Walker, Sears C, 457. 



Wallace, Alfred Russell, 212, 257, 428. 



Wallis, Dr. John, 265 n, 359. 



Walter, Thomas, botanist, 399. 



Walter, Thomas U., 155. 



Walton, Isaac, 10. 



Wangenheim, Capt. Frederick A. J., 432. 



Warner, Walter, 358, 359. 



Warrington, Commodore I,ewis, 176, 180. 



Washington, D.C., museums 05,77,259; scientific 

 men in, 463; societies of, 3, 315. 



Washington, George, 278, 324; and internal im- 

 provements, 277; and Military Academy at 

 West Point, 277, 434; and a national university, 

 274,275,311,312; interest in science, 273, 307, 323, 

 418-419,433,466,471. 



Washington College, 275. 



Washington relics, disposition of, 140, 142. 



Washington State, college of, 353. 



Washington Universitj', propo.sal to establish, 



145- 

 Waterhouse, Prof. Benjamin.naturalist, 402, 415, 



427. 



Waterton, Charles, 419. 



Watts, Frederick, Commissioner of Agriculture, 

 316. 



Wayland, Francis, recommendation respecting 

 use of Smithsonian fund, 94. 



Wayne, Gen. Anthony, 418. 



Webster, Daniel, 394, 471. 



Webster, H., naturalist, 441. 



Webster, Prof. J. W. , geologist, 438. 



Weightman, Roger C, 285 n. 



Weimar, museum of, 210. 



Weld, Isaac, influence on Smithson, 2S7 n, 320. 



Welling, Dr. J. C, 276, 284; Regent Smithsonian 

 Institution, 322. 



Wells, Dr. William Charles, 428. 



Wesleyan University, 18,42,43; "College Argus," 

 21, 23, 42, 55; Orange Judd Hall of Natural Sci- 

 ence, 42, 55, 316. 



Western Mu.seuni, Cincinnati, 71,444; Society, 71, 

 444. 



Western Reserve College, observatory of, 306. 



Westminster Abbey, 210. 



West Point, Military Academy at, 277. 



West Virginia, colleges and learned societies, 

 353; scientific men in, 464. 



Wheeler, Lieut. George M., 459. 



Wheeler, William A., Regent Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 322. 



Whewell, William, 363, 36811. 



White. See With. 



White, Gilbert, 419. 



White Bear, London, American fishes exhibited 

 at, 68, 378. 



Whitney, Prof. Josiah D., 274 11, 457. 



Whittlesey, Charles, 459. 



Wickliffe, C. A., 190. 



Wiertz, Antonie J., artist, 209. 



Wilkes, Capt. Charles, expedition under, 69, 114, 

 115, 119, i2on-i2in, 122, 125, 126, 127, 128, 131, 311; 

 observations by, 308. 



Wilkes exploring expedition, 114, 115, 116, 117, 

 12011-12111, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 135, 

 152, 153, 159, 161, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 

 173, 174, 177, 178, 179, 180, 182,311,312,453,458. 



Wilkin.s, Bishop John, 265, 266. 



Wilkins, William, 190. 



Willard, Dr. Joseph, Thomas Jefferson to, 395. 



Willcox, Gen. Orlando B., 33. 



Willett, Joseph, 167. 



William the Conqueror, King of England, 135. 



William and Mary College. See College of Wil- 

 liam and Mary. 



Williams, Gen. Jonathan, finst president West 

 Point Military Academy, 277; scientific work, 

 414-415. 



William.s, L. R., 187. 



Williams;, Rev. Samuel, 427. 



Williams College, observatory of, 306. 



Williamson, Dr. Hugh, astronomer, 265, 399-400, 

 421,430. 



Wilmot, David, 1 10. 



Wilson, Alexander, ornithologist, 291 n, 429-430, 

 434, 442, 448, 451; relations vpith Audubon, 450. 



Wilson, Gen. John M., 277 n. 



Wilson, William L., 4, 13, 59. 



Winchell, Alexander, 459. 



Winkelmann, Hans Just, traveler, 3S4. 



Winlock, Joseph, 317 n. 



Winslow, Edward, 372. 



Winsor, Justin, 274 n. 



Winthrop, John, ist, correspondent of Royal 

 Society, 265, 375. 



Winthrop, John, 2d, a founder of Royal Society, 



265, 375- 



Winthrop, John, 3rd, contributor to Royal Soci- 

 ety, 265, 375. 



Winthrop, John, professor at Harvard, 402. 



Winthrop, Robert C, 269. 



Wirt, William, 2S3 n, 285 n, 287. 



Wi-sconsin, colleges and learned societies, 354. 



Wisconsin Academy of Arts, Science, and Let- 

 ters, 315, 354. 



Wistar, Dr. Caspar, correspondence with Jeffer- 

 .son, 281; scientific work, 400, 412, 413, 429. 



Wistaria, 405. 



With (or White), John, first artist to visit Amer- 

 ica, 362. 



Wood, Anthony, 35S, 359. 



Wood, William, naturalist, 373-374. 375- 



Woodbridge, William, Senator, 125, 183. 



Woodbury, Levi, Senator, president National In- 

 stitution, 100, loi n, 103, 105, 106, 107, 109, 136, 139, 

 176, 180, 185, 190, 191, 472. 



Woodhouse, Dr. James, chemist and mineralo- 

 gist, 400, 415. 



World's Fair, London, 140, 141. 



Wyman, Jeffries, 457, 459. 



Wyoming, college and learned society, 354. 



Yale Analytical Laboratory, founded, 456. 



Yale College, 273. 



Yarnall, Mordecai, 317. 



Yeomans, John W., 1S6. 



Young, Arthur, Washington to, 273. 



Zach, Dr. Franz von, 3,S9. 



Ziegler, Mr., specimens pre.sented by, 167. 



Zoological Society, London, Goode member of, 

 58; address before, 461. 



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