Index. 



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Walker, Francis A., Siiperintendcnt Tenth 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 Lewis, 176, 180. 



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

 men 111,463; societies of, 3, 315. 



Washington, (leorge, 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 University, proposal to establish, 



145- 

 Waterhouse, Prof. Benjamin, naturali.st, 402, 415, 



427. 

 Waterton, Charles, 419. 

 Watts, Frederick, Comini.ssioner of Agriculture, 



316. 

 Wayland, Francis, recommendation respecting 



use of Smithsonian fund, 94. 

 Wayne, Gen. Anthony, 418. 

 Webster, Daniel, 394, 471. 

 Webster, II., naturalist, 4,}i. 

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

 Weightman, Roger C, 28,5 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 Museum, Cincinnati, 71, 444; Society, 71, 



444. 

 Western Reserve College, observatory of, 306. 

 Westmin.ster Abbey, 210. 

 West Point, Military Academy at, 277. 

 West Virginia, colleges and learned societies, 



353; scientific men 111,464. 

 Wheeler, I.ieut. (ieorge M.,459. 

 Wheeler, William A., Regent Smithsonian Insti- 

 tution, 322. 

 Whevvell, William, 363, 36Sn. 

 White. See With. 

 White, Gilbert, 419. 

 White Bear, I.ondon, American fishes exhibited 



at, 68, 378. 

 Whitney, Prof. Jusiah D., 27411,457. 

 Whittlesey, Charles, 459. 

 WicklifTe, C. A., 190. 

 Wiertz, Antoiiie J., artist, 209. 

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



115, 119, 12011-121 n, 122, 125, 126, 127, 128, 131, 31 1 ; 



observations by, 30S. 



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

 12011-12111, 122, 123, 124, 126, 127, 12S, 129, 131, 135, 

 152, 153, 159, i5i, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 

 J73> 174, 177. 1 78> 179. 180,182,311,312,453,458. 



Wilkin.s, Bishop John, 265, 266. 



Wilkins, William, igo. 



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



Willeox, Gen. Orlando B., 33. 



Willett, Joseph, 167. 



William the Conqueror, King of England, 135. 



William and Mary College. See CoUeiie of Wil- 

 liam and Mary. 



Williams, Gen. Jonathan, first president West 

 Point Military Academy, 277; .scientific work, 

 414-415. 



Williams, I^.R. ,187. 



Williams. Rev. Samuel, 427. 



Williams College, obser\'atory of, 306. 



William.son, Dr. Hugh, astronomer, 265, 399-400, 

 421,430. 



Wilmot, David, no. 



Wil.son, Alexander, ornithologist, 291 n, 429-430, 

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



Wilson, Gen. John M., 277 n. 



Wil.son, William L., 4, 13, 59. 



Winchell, Alexander, 459. 



Winkelmaiin, Hans Just, traveler, 3S4. 



Winlock, Joseph, 317 n. 



Winslow, Kdward, 372. 



Winsor, Justin, 274 11. 



Wiiithrop, John, 1st, 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, 2S7. 



Wisconsin, colleges and learned .societies, 354. 



Wi.sconsiii Academy of Arts, Science, and I,et- 

 ler.s, 315, 354. 



Wi.star, Dr. Caspar, correspondence wfth Jeffer- 

 .soii, 2S1; scientific work, 400, 412,413, 429. 



U'islaria, 405. 



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

 ica, 362. 



Wood, Anthony, 358, 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, iSo, 185, 190, 191,472. 



Woodliouse, Dr. James, chenii.st and mineralo- 

 gist, 400, 415. 



World's Fair, I.ondon, 140, 141. 



Wyman, Jeffries, 457, 459. 



Wyoming, college and learned society, 354. 



Yale Analytical Laboratory, founded, 456. 



Yale College, 273. 



Yarnall, Mordecai, 317. 



Yeoinans, John W., 186. 



Young, Arthur, Washington to, 273. 



Zach, Dr. F'raiiz von, 359. 



Ziegler, Mr., specimens presented by, 167. 



Zoological Society, London, tloode member of, 

 5S; address before, 461. 



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