INDEX. 



1009 



suuh and as members of Congress, A. John- 

 son, 496. 

 programme of organization by Prof. Henry 



presented to, 944. 

 have managed affairs wisely, faithfully, and 



judiciously, Witte, G28. 

 ought to be sustained, Clayton, 562. 

 memorial of, for new building, 749, 754. 

 memorial from, to Congress on extra fund, 



506, 529. 

 resolution relative to G. E. Badger, 478, 075, 



676. 

 resolutions adopted on plan of organization, 



941, 942. 

 resolutions of compromise, 941, 942. 

 resolutions relative to residuary legacy, 125, 



132. 

 resolutions on plan of organization, 930. 

 Rcncher, Abr., resolution by, 170. 

 Renwick, James, Jr., plan of building adopted 



by Regents, 932. 

 Report of Prof. Henry, extracts from, for 1801, 

 123 ; 1802, 125 ; 1863, 125; 1864, 126 ; 1865, 127. 

 committee of Senate and House relative to 



the fire at the Institution, 686. 

 Committee on fire, extras printed, 689. 

 Committee of Regents relative to fire at S. I., 



CS6. 

 Secretary of S. I. on residuary bequest, 123, 



125, 126, 127. 

 Institution, printing ordered by Congress, 

 478, 487, 490, 604, 505, 506, 516, 517, 518, 519, 

 522, 523, 526, 534, 567, 568, 628, 649, 650, 651, 

 652, 653, 654, 672, 673, 675, 677, 682, 683, 685, 

 689, 702, 706, 707, 708, 709, 710, 711, 715, 716, 

 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 732, 733, 

 745, 747, 748, 753, 754, 756. 

 Executive Committee of the S. I. on residu- 

 ary legacy, 128. 

 on the canal, 710. 

 organization committee of Board of Regents, 



930. 

 Secretary of State, 135, 157, 159. 

 Report to Congress to contain popular account 

 of memoirs, Henrj', 945, 

 digest of act relative to, 761. 

 Reports on new discoveries in science, Honrv, 

 946. 

 progress of knowledge, Henry, 945, 956. 

 progress of knowledge authorized by Regents, 



941, 942. 

 knowledge, how distributed, Henry, 946. 

 Reports of S. I., why Congress should print, 

 Hamlin, 729, 732. 

 why they should be freely circulated, 



J. Davis, 517. 

 objections to printing, A. Johnson, 487, 493. 

 2,000 ordered from stereotype plates, 724, 726. 

 Researches, Agassiz, 587,620; American Acad- 

 emy, 907; English, 577, 580; Henry, 945; 

 Meacham, 636 ; Pearce, 541 ; B. Peiree, 588, 

 619; Silliman, 963; Witte, 617, 

 Residuary bequest of Smithson, 123, 124, 125, 



126, 127, 128. 129, 130, 131, 132, 706. 

 Resignation of Rufus Choate as Regent, 535. 

 remarks on, by Badger, 554; Butler, 560; 

 Clayton, 501; Douglas, 550; Mason, 545; 

 Seward, 558 ; Weller, 501. 

 debate in House on, 569. 

 Resolution to retain proceeds of public lands, 



&c., 350. 

 Resloution of Regents to enlarge permanent 



fund, 508. 

 Resolutions by convention of superintendents 

 of schools in New York, 353. 

 relative to residuary legacy, 125, 132. 

 Resolutions on plan of organization adopted by 



Regents, 941. 

 Review of current or emergent literature, Wv- 



lie, 983. 

 Rewards for memoirs cont^iining new truths, 



Henry, 945. 

 Rewards, Humphreys, 976. 



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Rheos, Wm. J., loss by fire at In.stitutiou 81,200, 



688. 

 Rhetoric, Wayland, 840. 

 Khett, R. B., remarks by, 499, 518. 

 Rhode Island Historical Society on programm* 



of organization, 983. 

 Rice, Henry M., remarks by, 069. 

 Rice, John H., bill ottered by, 703. 



resolution by, 703. 

 Richardson, Wm. A., remarks by, 676. 

 Riggs & Co., account of Smithson residuary 

 legacy, 128. 

 deposit to credit of, 133. 

 Ripley, H. J., on programme of organization, 



972. 

 Rives, W. C, committee of Senate, 166. 



remarks by, 327. 

 Robbins, A., bills offered by, 166, 167, 168. 

 committee of Senate, 106. 

 remarks by, 159. 

 resolutions by, 159, 106, 169. 

 Roberts, Ellis H., resolution by, 725, 

 Robinson, E., on programme of organization, 



977. 

 Roman literature and history, 877. 

 Rothschild, M., to pay R. Rush's expenses in 



London, 7. 

 Royal Institution, London weekly meetings of, 

 Henry, 958. 

 plan of, for publication, 621. 

 Royal Society for increase of knowledge, 



Henry, 950. 

 Royal Society of London, Smithson's original 

 bequest to, 587, 599. 

 Smithson's misunderstanding with, 587, 599. 

 Rules of Institution relative to scientific publi- 

 cations, 621. 

 Rush, Richard, appointed agent to prosecute 

 claim of United States to Smithson's be- 

 quest, 6. 

 bond for $500,000, to be given by, 6. 

 compensation to be $:3,000 per annum, 6. 

 contmgent expenses to be $2,000, 6. 

 letters of, 6. 

 arrival in New York August 28, 1838, with 



Smithson bequest, 109. 

 account of Smithson by, 309. 

 elected Regent, 506, 649. 

 account of expenses, 39. 

 annuity to Madame De la Batut, 123. 

 in account current with Thomas Aspinwall. 



103. 

 in account with the Smithson fund, 104, 107. 

 claim for additional compensation, 260. 

 act for relief of, 201. 

 proposed application of bequest, 849. 

 mterpretation of act of organization, 538. 

 object of S. L, 371,399. 

 plan of, discussed by Barlow, 912. 

 Rusk, Thos. J., resolution by, 526. 

 Russell, Samuel S., resolution by, 628. 



Salaries, Barlow, 917, 918 ; Chapin, 853. 



Salem Atheneum on programme of organiia- 



tion, 972. 

 Sales of Smithson's stocks by Mr. Rush, 70, 73. 

 Sales of stock of Smithson bequest, 115. 

 Saracens, influence of, 872. 



literature and history, 878. 

 Sargent, A. A., appointed Regent, 728. 

 resolutions by, 733, 752, 754. 

 remarks by, 751, 752. 

 memorial relative to Centennial, 751. 

 Sawyer, Wm., remarks by, 386, 408. 

 Schedule of personal effects of Smithson, 108. 

 Scholars exercise the widest and most perma- 

 nent influence on man. Marsh, 424. 

 School houses, Smithson's money should have 



been applied to, A. Johnson, 48S. 

 School plan, Adams, 844; Darlington, 902; Du- 

 ponceau, 898; report of organization com- 

 mittee, 938. 



