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INDEX. 



Monroe, Jas., resolution by, 734. 



remarks by, 734, 741. 

 Moore, Nath'l F., on programme of organiza- 

 tion, 971. 

 Moral science. Rush, 852. 

 Moral statistics, Henry, 946. 

 Moral suasion to induce States to pay interest, 

 Adams, 434, 453, 465. 

 action of House on, 466. 

 Morehead, James T., remarks by, 331. 

 Morrill, Lot M., remarks by, 729, 730. 

 Morrill, Justin S., resolution by, 752, 753. 

 bill, 752. 



remarks by, 678, 751, 753. 

 Morse, Isaac H., bill, 430. 

 resolution by, 504. 

 remarks by, 428, 502. 

 Mounds, exploration of, Henry, 946, 955. 

 Muhlenberg, F. A., Jr., on programme of organi- 

 zation, 990. 

 Munroe, James, resolution by, 236, 237. 

 Murray, Nicholas, on programme of organiza- 



zation, 971. 



Museum, Barlow, 911, 917; Clmndler, C46; 



Chapin, 859; Darlington, 901 ; English, 576; 



Henry, 945, 958; G. P. Marsh, 414, 416; 



Owen, 355; Poinsett, 899; Silliman, 9G2; 



Tappan, 262, 302, 303; " Delta," 881. 



memorial relative to increase of, 714, 749, 755. 



necessity for new building for, Morrill, 751; 



Sargent, 752 ; Stevenson, 748, 752. 

 resolution of Regents, 942. 

 expenses of^ for 1868 in detail, 717. 

 necessity of increased appropriations for, Po- 

 land, 711. 

 the really popular feature, Holman, 680. 

 gift of an elephant to the Government, J. 



Davis, 509. 

 not to be supported from Smithson fund, J. 



Davis, 510. 

 national, should remain in buildings fur- 

 nished by Government, Silliman, 903. 

 should be taken off the hands of Institution, 



Garfield, 720. 

 no obligation on Institution to receive Gov- 

 ernment, J. Davis, 509. 

 .no part of plan to collect a large, J. Davis, 



610. 

 report of organization committee, 931. 

 Government, connection of, with Institution, 



664-672. 

 Patent OfBce, not to be taken by S. I., 505. 

 calculated to carry out purposes of original 

 grant, Holman, 678, 679. 



IT. 



National, ridicule of improper nse of title, 



Allen, 345. 

 National Academy of Sciences, resolution to 



publish report of, 702. 

 National agricultural school and farm, Fleisch- 



man, 171. 

 National establishment, S. I. not a, 949. 

 National Institute, bill to incorporate, 239. 

 Darlington, 901, 908; Duponceau, 895, 898; 

 Poinsett, 899; Preston, 239; Linn, 238; 

 Walker, 340, 346; Woodburv, 322, 335. 

 debates on, 323, 335, 337, 340, 346, 350. 

 two Regents to be members of, repealed, 684, 



685. 

 charter of, expired, 684. 685. 

 collections of, in Patent Office, 605. 

 collections of, now in S. I., 653. 

 to nominate oflBcers of the S. I., 238. 

 National Museum and Botanic Garden, Darling- 

 ton, 901. 

 National Museum, Gray, 969 ; Henry, 948. 

 collection to be entitled, Ingersoll, 462. 

 foundation of, Poinsett, 900. 

 iSe« Museum. 

 National University, Chapin, 859 ; Clayton, 143; 

 Leigh, 142 ; Preston, 141. 

 See University. 



Natural history, Darlington, 905; Henry, 946, 

 946; Hubbell, 863; Tappan, 263. 



Natural philosophy. Henry, 946. 



Nautical Almanac, Adams, 847. 



Navy, improvement of, Hubbell, 860. 

 Secretary of, co-operation asked by Institu- 

 tion, 943. 

 Department, meteorological work of Prof. 

 Espy, 533. 



Nephew of Smithson. See Hungerford. 



Neptune, Leverrier's speculations. Gray, 967. 



New Jersey Historical Society, on programme 

 of organization. 970. 



Newspapers in which advertisements were- 

 made for heirs of Smithson, 24. 



New York Agricultural Society on programme 

 of organization. 993. 



New York, natural history of, 928. 



Newton Tneological Institution, Mass., on pro- 

 gramme of organization, 972. 



Nichols, M. H., resolution by, 652. 



Nicholson's Masazine, 866. 



Nicolet, collections by, 900. 



Niles, John M., remarks by, 330. 



Normal instruction advocated, Owen, 379 ; Stan- 

 ton, 402. 

 ridiculed by A. Johnson, 456. 

 action of House on, 462. 



Normal school. Barlow, 914; Owen, 358. 

 action of Congress, Upham, 593. 



North, Simeon, on programme of organization^ 

 973. 



North .American Review, extract from, on li- 

 braries, 315. 



Northumberland, Hugh, first Duke of, 1. 



Northumberland, Duke of, 150. 



o. 



Oakland College, Miss., on programme of organ- 

 ization, 980. 

 Obituary notices of distinguished individuals, 



Henry, 946. 



Observatories, account of, 220, 234. 



Observatory, Adams, 214, 397, 845, 846; Barlow,. 



913; Darlington, 902; Delta, 881, 885, 889; 



Poinsett, 899 ; Stanton, 395, 390 ; Upham, 593. 



Washington, on programme of organization, 



974. 

 Greenwich, account of, 218, 229, 845. 

 Officers of Army, Navy, &c., to aid Institution, 



Rush, 850. 

 Officers of the Institution, Upham, 601 ; Ameri- 

 can Antiquarian Society, 988. 

 digest of act relative to, 760. 

 Ogle, Chas., committee of House, 171, 200. 

 Ohio, certificate of stock of, 255. 

 stocks held in trust by S. I., 246, 269, 270, 639, 



640. 

 stocks. Treasury account with, 820. 

 Oldberg, first secretary of Royal Society of Lon- 

 don, 941. 

 Olds, Edson B., remarks by, 527. 

 Operations of Institution, nature and value of, 

 Garfield, 718. 

 account of, G. F. Hoar, 736. 

 Opinion of Attorney General Felix Grundy on 



Smithson fund, 121. 

 Opinion of counsel, Th. Pemberton and Ed. 



Jacob, 12. 

 Opposition to any plan for S. I.. Allen, 343. 

 Ordnance officers, collections by, 900. 

 Organization of Institution, account of, 600. 

 Organization, programme of, proposed by Prof. 

 Jos. Henry, 944. 

 report of committee of Regents, 930. 

 Original memoirs, Henry, 945. 

 Original research, Chapin, 857 ; Henry, 946, 951o 

 report of organization committee, 931. 

 resolution of Regents, 941, 942. 

 Orr, J. L., Speaker, appointed Regents, 650. 

 Owen, D. D, collections by, 900. 

 geological report of, given to S. I., 523. 



