PRO('Ep:DTyr:s of ttte hoard of rfoents. xxv 



TT. S. S. Ihiliiliiii to cdiivt'y llic rciiiniiis of .Innics Siuidisoii from Now Yoi'k to 

 W:isliiii,u:(ini. 



(J. ('()i».v of (lie rt'iii;irks of your coniiiiithH' ill: the Siiii(lisoiii;iii lusl itiilioii 

 Jaiiuiiry LT). 1!M»4, in liMiidiiii; over the rciiiaiiis (»f Jaiucs Siiiitlison 1o SimimIoi- 

 Kryc as (lie i-c|H'cs('iita( ivc of the I'.n.ird of Kc^miIs. lo:,'('t Iht with (he I'l'iily of 

 S«'iiator Fryc. 



II. ('()])y of rcporl of .Mr. (iiiltcrl II. (Jrosvciiof, M. ,\., coiiccnrm;,' the con-c- 

 s])oiuIoiic(' wiiich rt'siiltcd in tlic coopcratioii of tlir I'liilcd Slates (iovci'iiiiicnt 

 ill Iransportiii}; the remains of .lames Smilhsou from .\e\v ^■ork to tiie Snntii- 

 soniaii Institution in Washinj;ton. 1). ('. 



I. Copy of telejrranis and letters s(>nt by your committee to tlie President of 

 the Fnited States, and to the Seeretary of the Xavy. and to tiie Serretaiy of 

 AVar, in aekno\vIed,siinent of GovernnuMit courtesies. 



J. Statement of e.xpenses incurred in tiie removal of tlie remains of James 

 Smithson to tlie United States. 



T may say that it is entirely duo to tlio ability and onoroy of our 

 consul at (lenoa that the ti'ansfer of the remains to the United States 

 "was ett'ected at all. AVithoiit his earnest and intellioent assistance it 

 would have been difficult indeed, if not imi^ossible, for me, to have 

 accomplished the object of my mission abroad. No less than five dis- 

 linct permits had to be obtained from different go^■ernment officials 

 in Italy, besides a certificate from the British consul-general and per- 

 mission from the British Burial Ground Ftind Association. In addi- 

 tion to the official permits required special difficulties were encoun- 

 tered which at first sight seemed insiirmountalile, but which were 

 successfully overcome by the tact and ability of our consul at Genoa. 



Respectfully submitted. 



Alexander (Jraiiam Bell, 

 C'omi)i/tt('e on tlie Transfer of the Remains of 



James SmltJixon to the United States. 



Washington, D. C, Januari/ 27, WO.'t. 



Appendt.v a. — Aiiplicdlidii to llir cf/niiiiiflcr of the lirifis/i liiiridi Clrouttd Fund 

 Assdciiitioii for till' <-iisto<lji of till' rciiiiiitis of ,/iiiiics Siiiitli.'<oii. iritli the 

 reply. 



Ede.\ Pal.vce Hotel. 

 Genoa, DreriHlter 29, 1003. 



Dear Sir: I have the honor to reijuest that the remains of .James Smithson. 

 now restiiii; in the old cemetery on the heights of San Benij^no, lie delivered to 

 me for transixtrtation to the T'nited States. 



P.y the will of James Smithson the I'nited States of America hecame his heir. 

 The (iovi'rnment of the I'nited States accepted the heipU'st ; and. in conformity 

 with the terms of the will created in W'ashiniiton. I). (".. :in estahlishmeiil for the 

 increase and ditfusion of knowle<li;e amoii.i? men luider the title of " 'rii(> Smith- 

 sonian Institution." 



It apiK^ars that an immediate necessity exists for the removal of the remains 

 of this g;reat benefactor of the I'nited States from the cemetery where they li.ave 

 so long reposed; and it seems peculiarly ajiiiropriate that the body of Smithson 



