S2d CoxftEESs, [SENATE.] Misckllaneoits, 



2d Sr.ssiofi. No. 53. 



LETTER 



FROM THE 



SECRETARY OF THE SMITIISOXIAN INSTITUTION, 



COMMUNICATING 



The Annual Report of the Board of Regents, 



March 1, 1853. — Ordered to lie on the table and be printed. 



Smithsonian Institution, August 20, 1852. 

 Sir : I have the honor herewith to transmit to you tlie Annual 

 Report of the Board of Reo^ents of the Smithsonian Institution, and' beg 

 leave to request that you will present it to the Senate of the United 

 States. 



I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, 



JOSEPH HENRY, 

 Sccretarij Smithsonian Institution. 

 Hon. David R. Atchison, 



President rf the Senate of the U. S. 



