INDEX. 



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Aboriginal mounds, notice of, Squier and Davis, 



memoir on, 9(56. 

 Abstract researclies to be preferred, Henry, 951. 

 Accountant (ieueral of Court of Chancery, 9, 11. 

 Account of Richard Rush with Thos. Aspinwall, 

 103-105. 

 R. Rush with United States, 40, 54, 107, 113. 

 President of tlie United States vs. Drum- 



mond, Smithson's bequest, 79. 

 annuity of Mary Ann de la Batut, 80. 

 U. S. Treasury with Smithson Fund, 803. 

 charges on Smithson packages shipped per 

 " Mediator," 105 • 

 .\ccounts— See State stocks. 

 Act of Congress, authorizing President to pros- 

 ecute claim of U. S. to bequest of Smith- 

 son, 147. 

 making appropriation of $5,000 for prosecu- 

 tion of bequest, 1.58. 

 that Smithson bequest shall be invested in 



State stocks, 158. 

 for relief of Richard Rush, 261. 

 to retain proceeds of sales of lands from 



St tes in default of interest, 351. 

 organization of S. I., passage by House of 

 Representatives, 473 ; by Senate, 353. 

 history of passage of. Barlow, 919 ; Slorse, 



503; Upham, 392. 

 construction of. Badger, 555 ; Barlow, 915 ; 

 Douglas, 550; English, 583; Choate, 53G; 

 Pearce, 537 ; Upham, 591, Witte, 608. 

 report of Judiciary Committee on, 563 ; re- 

 ports of Investigation Committee, 589, 608. 

 digest of, by Prof Henry, 758. 

 how to be amended or repealed, 762. 

 amendment of, relative to National Insti- 

 tute, 084, 685. 

 amendment of, relative to Governor of Dis- 

 trict to be Regent. 723, 725. 

 relative to increase ol trust fund, 132. 

 authorizing Regents of Institution to use 

 library of Congress, 73.3, 741. 

 Act of Parliament in 1834 relative to estates, 34. 

 Active operations of S. I., account of, Witte, 616. 

 Henry. 951. 

 approved by American Antiquarian Society, 



988 ; Agassiz, 588, 619 ; Pearce, 542. 

 disparagement of, Meacham, 6:35. 

 incumbered by Congress, J. Davis, 510, 

 Adams, C. K., correspondence with, 126. 



power of attorney forwarded to, 125. 

 Adams, John, works of, given to S. I., 521. 

 Adams, John Quiney, bill, 199, 226, 258, 299. 434. 

 465. • 



committee, 148, 171, 200, 247, 266, 354. 

 extracts from IJiary of, 7G3. 

 letter of, to Christopher Hughes, 229. 

 proposed application of bequest, 371, 397, 



842, 846. i'ce Committee, 

 plan of, discussed, Harlow, 913. 

 resolutions offered by, 186, 198, 199, 260.265. 

 4.34, 402, 403, 404. > > . . 



remarks by, 41(i, 439, 440, 443, 452, 454. 

 sketch of Smithson by, 150. 

 Address. See Barlow ; Darlington; Poinsett. 

 Advertisements to obtain information as to 



heirs of Smithson, 21, 25, 20. 

 Agassiz, Louis, on management of S. I., 686. 

 proposed as Regent, 675. 

 elected Regent, 077, 682, 711, 720. 

 views of, in regard to libraries, 687, C2a 



Agent to be appointed to prosecute claim to 

 bequest. 147. 



Agricultural experiments. Barlow, 913. 



Agricultural school and farm, memorial in fa- 

 vor of, Fleischman, 171, 180. 

 memorial in favor of, from Kentucky Stat« 

 Agricultural Society, 200 ; from Agricultu- 

 ral Society of United States, 261; from H. 

 C. Merriam, 265 ; from citizens of Massa- 

 chusetts, 301. 



Agricultural University proposed, A. Johnson. 

 489. ' 



Agriculture to be promoted by S. I., Cooper, 

 838; Darlington, 905; Embree,490; Hamlin, 

 458; Henry, 946; Hubbell, 863; Stanton, 401. 



Airy, Rev. Geo. B., account of Greenwich Ob- 

 servatory, 230, 



Alexander, Col. B. S., estimates §100,000 for re- 

 pair of building, 689. 

 testimony relative to the fire, 686. 



Allen, William, remarks by, 343. 

 resolution offered by, 350. 



Allen, W., President of Bowdoin College, me- 

 morial from, 848. 



American Academy of Arts and Sciences, an- 

 proval of plan of Prof Henry, 618. 

 on programme of organization, 964. 



American Antiquarian Society on programme 

 of organization, 985. 



American history, Chapin, 858. 



American Institute, address before, on Smith- 

 son's bequest. Barlow, 910. 



American institutions, Chapin, 858; Rush, 852. 



American law, Chapin, 858. 



American Philosophical Society, memorial in 

 favor of management of S. I., 585. 

 views of Mr. Duponceau, president of, 895. 



American studies preferred, Chapin, 858. 



Amherst College, Mass., on programme of or- 

 ganization, 976. 



Analysis of soils and plants, Henry, 946 ; Tai> 

 pan, 3U5. 



.■Anatomy, Wayland, 840. 



Ancient inhabitants, researches as to. Henrv. 

 955. •" 



Ancient literature and languages, Kondrick. 

 981. o o . , 



Anderson, Mr., petition of De la Batut sent 

 through, 37. 



Animals and insects, history and habits of use- 

 ful and injurious, Tappan. 302. 



Animals, rearing and care of, Hubbell, 863. 



Annals of Congress given to the S. I., 521. 



Annals of Philosophy, Smithson's papers in, 

 806. 



Annuity allowed from Smithson's bequest, 9, 80. 



Anthony, II. B., remarks by, 728, 729. 

 resolutions by, 683, 702, 706, 707, 710, 711. 721. 

 724, 725, 728, 733, 748, 7.53. 



Antiquarian Society designed for increase of 

 knowledge, Henry, 950. 



Antiquities, American Antiquarian Society, 988; 



Henry, 946. 

 Apparatus, Bacon, 994; Chapin, 859; Delta, 885; 

 English, .576: Gray, 907, 969; Hubbell, 862; 

 Rush, 852; Southern Literary Messenjcer. 

 893; Wayland, 84L * ' 



report organization committee, 940. 

 resolution of Regents, 943. 

 Appendix, value of, to Smithsonian Report. J. 



Davis, 506. 

 Application of science to mechanic arts. Cha- 

 pin, 858. 



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