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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, 2S5 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, Jose M., minerals presented by, 134. 



Torquemada, Juan de, 368, 371. 



Torrey, Dr. John, botanist, 386, 43S, 446, 451, 452, 



457> 45S- 

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



Smithsonian Institution, 143, 144 n, 190, 191, 



322. 

 Totten Collection, 122. 

 Townsend, I. R., taxidermist, 159, 161. 

 Townsend, J. K., 122, 190. 

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



377, 379- 405- 

 Tradescantia 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, 



loi n, 107, 13S, 30S, 315, 317, 3jS n,472; interest in 



telegraph, 319. 

 Tyler, John, jr., 473. 

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

 Tylor, Prof. 15. B.,368. 

 Tyson, Kdward, 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 Ethnologj', founded, 



323- 

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



of, 292-296, 297, 442, 475; reorganized, 311, 3:7, 



4.52, 455-456. 

 United States Commi.ssioner of Patents, 125, 



129, 130, 132, 141, 142 n, 149, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 



280, 315, 316. See Rlhworlh, H. L.; HoUoway, 



D.P. 

 United States l-'ish 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. 9S. 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, 2S0, 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. 

 31S; work of, 309, 31 1, 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, T54, 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, 

 298. 



University of Vermont, 273. 



Upper California, specimens from, 166. 



Upshur, A. P., Secretarj' of the Na\'y, 123, 157, 317; 

 interest in Naval Observatory, 318. 



Utah, colleges of, 353. 



Vaillant, Dr. I,eon, 38. 



Valhalla, Rati-sbon, 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, zoologist, 3S2. 



Vanderkemp, F. Adrian, zoologist, 425. 



Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 441. 



Vanuxem, Prof. I^ardner, zoologist, 451-452. 



Varden, John, 122, 159, i6i. 



Vardin. See I'arden. 



Varignj', Henri de, 36. 



Vatican, 218, 260. 



Vauxhall Garden, American fi.shes exhibited 

 at, 68. 



Vega, Garcilas.so de la, hi.storian, 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. 



Kif; •«««?'«, 405. 



Versailles, museum at, 210. 



Victoria, Queen of England, 135. 



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



Vilas, William F., Secretaryof the Interior, I53n. 



Villegaguou, Chevalier de, 364. 



Viola mtihlenbei'gii, 418. 



Virginia, colleges and learned societie.s, 353; spec- 

 imens from, 69 n, 377. 



Virginia Company, of I,ondon, 272, 273. 



Virginia Historical Society, Goodemember of, 58. 



Volney, Count, traveler, 432-433. 



Voltaire, I-". M. A. de, quoted, 306. 



Waitc, Chief Justice M. R., Chauccllor Smithso- 

 nian Institution, 322. 



