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INDEX. 



Kirtland, Jared P., proposed as manager of S. 



I., 334, 349. 

 Knickerbocker, N. V., memorial of, 306. 

 Knowledge, Jno. Q. Adams on, 151. 



distinction real, between increase and diffu- 

 sion. Chandler, 645. 



what Smithson meant by, Barlow, 9; Delta 

 887, 889. 



how to be increased and diffused. Marsh, 414, 

 422 ; Upham, 594. 



increase and diffusion logically distinct, 

 Henry, 950. 



distinction between increase and diffusion, 

 Henry, 944. 



not to be confined to material things, Marsh, 

 415. 



S. I. should be a warehouse of, Darlington, 907. 



attempts, unduly, to stimulate increase of, 

 will be abortive, American Academy, 9G7. 



the cement to preserve the Union, Jefferson 

 Davis, 409. 

 Knowledge and science not synonymous, Up- 

 ham, 594. 

 Krauth, C. P., on programme of organization, 

 973. 



Xj. 



Laboratory, " Delta," 881 ; S. Lit. Mess., 893 ; Bar- 

 low, 913, 917; Owen, 355; Tappan, 262, 302, 

 303. 

 report of organization committee, 931. 

 is a charnel house. Marsh, 426. 

 Laflin, A. H., resolutions by, 708, 709, 710, 715, 



716, 722. 

 Land OfBce, geological specimens transferred 



from, 724. 

 Lands, proceeds of sales to be withheld from 



certain States, 351. 

 Langdale, Lord, master of the rolls, first hear- 

 mg of suit. President of the United States 

 vs. Drummond,19. 

 Languaces, Chapin, 858; Hubbell, 863; 883; 



Wayland, 8-10. 

 Law, Chapin, 858; T. Cooper, 838; Hubbell, 864; 

 Owen, 358; Rush, 852; Wayland, 840. 

 relative to annuities, 31, 34. 

 on which the Institution is founded, Upham, 

 593. 

 IjSws of nations, Wayland, 840. 

 Lecture rooms, Owen, 355 ; Tappan, 263, 302. 



report of organization committee, 931. 

 Lectures, Adams, 845: Barlow, 912, 913,917; 

 Chapin, 857, Choate, 311; Cooper, 838; 

 Henry, 947, 948, 956, 958 ; Owen, 358, 359, 382; 

 Pearee, 541; Rush, 851, 852; Tappan, 263, 

 302, .334; Upham, 693; Southern Literary 

 Messenger, 892. 

 ftuthorizecl by Regents, 941, 942. 

 debates on, 326, 463, 467. 

 only second to art of printing as a means of 



extending knowledge, J. Davis, 408. 

 report of organization committee, 936. 

 Legislation, what is required, Witte, 620. 

 Leigh, Benj. W., report of Committee on Judi- 

 ciary on bequest, 135. 

 resolutions by, 140, 142. 

 Lesquereux, Leo., proposed as Regent, 734. 

 Letters — 

 relative to Prof. Henry's programme of or- 

 ganization, 901. 

 right and practice of opening by the Secre- 

 tary, 627. 

 J. Q. Adams to C. Hughes, relative to observa- 

 tories, 229. 

 Prof. Agassiz on management of S. I„ 586. 

 Astronomer Ro3'al, G. B. Airy, on astronomi- 

 cal observatories, 230. 

 Daniel Brent to R. Rush, 27. 

 Rufus Choate, 535,569. 

 Clarke, Fynmore & Fladcate to R. Rush, 30, 



32, 36, 41, 49, 69, 75, 77, 101. 

 Clarke, Fynmore & Fladgate to A. Vail, 3. 

 Gen. Delafield, resignation as Regent, 721. 



Letters — Continued. 

 C. C. Felton on management of Institution^ 



586, 618. 

 Secretary of the Treasury, J. Guthrie, on, 



Smithsonian fund, 637. 

 John Forsyth, relative to applications of be- 

 quest, 837. 

 John Forsyth to C. C. Cambreleng and Silas 

 Wright, Committee on Ways and Means 

 and Committee on Finance, 157. 

 John Forsyth to R. Rush, 6, 13, 45, 47, 110. 

 John Forsyth to A. Vail, 5. 

 John Forsyth to Levi Woodbury, Secretary 



of the Treasury, 119. 

 Felix Grundy, Attorney General, to Levi 



Woodbury, 121. 

 Prof. Henry on printing back reports, 722. 

 S. Pleasanton, Fifth Auditor, to John Forsyth,. 



54. 

 .R. Rush to Daniel Brent, 28. 

 R. Rush to Clarke, Fynmore & Fladgate, 7, 35^ 



48, 50, 67. 

 R. Rush to John Forsyth, 8, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19^ 

 22, 24, 26, 29, 32, 37, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47,51, 

 55, 56, 58, 67, 70, 73, 102, 109, 110, 112, 113. 

 J. C. Spencer, Secret«i-y of Treasury, on con- 

 dition of Smithson funds, 2GC. 

 Edw. Stubbs, agent for Department of State,. 



to S. Pleasanton, Fifth Auditor, 119. 

 A. Vail to John Forsyth, 4. 

 Levi Woodbury, Secretary of Treasury, to- 



President of the United States, 120. 

 Secretary of Treasury, L. Woodbury, state- 

 ment of investments in State stocks, 236. 

 Leverrier's Memoirs on Uranus, Gray, 967. 

 Lewis, Dixon H., House committee, 200. 

 resolution by, 352. 

 committee of Senate, 352. 

 Librarian, duty of, Henry, 947. 



reputation of, American Academy, 970. 

 Librarian and assistants to be appointed by 



managers, Tappan, .334. 

 Libraries, utility of. Marsh, 417. 

 account of foreign, R. Choate, 313. 

 nlans and catalogues of, Henry, 948. 

 Liorary committee of Congress in charge of 



collection of exploring expedition, 525. 

 Library plan for S. I., Adams, 440 ; Agassiz, 587 ; 

 American Antiquarian Society, 988; Bacon,. 

 994; Barlow, 911, 913, 917; Buchanan, 341; 

 Chandler, 046; Chapin, 859; Choate, 306, 337, 

 536; Clayton, 562; Douglas, 552; Enslisli, 

 575; Gray, 968; HeniT, 945, 947; 957; Hub- 

 bell, 861; Marsh, 414; Mason, 548; Meachani, 

 631; Owen, 355, 358, 372; Pearee, 325; 5.37, 

 643; Siliiman, 962; A. W. Smith, 975; Tap- 

 pan, 263, 302, .334; Thurman, 449; Upham,. 

 593,596, 606; Wayland, 841; Witte, 610, 014^ 

 881, 885, 893. 

 great need of, in United States, 313. 

 debates on, 308, 324, .330, .337, 341, 343. 

 action of House on, 464, 4(57. 

 report of organization committee, 931, 938. 

 resolution of Regents, 942. 

 from Beaufort, S. C, deposited in Institutioit. 



destroyed by fire, 687. 

 Bishop Johns', destroyed by firo, 687. 

 plans for, C. C. Jewett, 958. 

 Library of Congress, Witte, 614. 

 Regents to have use of, 733, 747. 

 transfer of S. I. to, 704, 707. 

 Library of Gottingen, Marsh, 419. 

 Light, "hypotheses respecting, Henry, 954. 

 theory of, a speculation, American Academy^ 

 967. 

 Lincoln, Abraham, power of attorney from, 128, 

 Lindsley, Philip, on programme of organiza- 

 tion, 982. 

 Linn, Lewis F., bill, 238. 



remarks by, 244. 

 Literature, Henry, 946. 

 Local objects a perversion of the trust, Henry» 



944. 

 Logic, Hubbell, 864. 



