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INDEX. 



School of mines, 880. 

 School of natural science, 8S3. 

 School of seiences, 801. 

 Science, object of, Marsh, 415. 

 not confined to physical research. Marsh, 427. 

 not limited to material objects, Marsh, 415. 

 and literature to be promoted, 165. 

 applied to arts, Henry, 946. 

 Sciences, Chapin, 858. 

 Scientific and literary institution, Robbins, 159, 



107. 

 Scientific discovery. Barlow, 912. 

 Scientific investigations of the Institution, Hoar, 



737. 

 Scientific men demand everything, Meacham, 



033. 

 Scientific publications not remunerative to au- 

 thors, Henry. 952. 

 Scientific school not necessary, South. Lit.. 



Mess., 891. 

 Sculpture, casts of, Henry, 947. 

 Secretary, digest of act relative to, 760. 

 duty of, Henry, 947. 

 management wise, faithful, judicious, Witte, 



628. 

 powers of, Pearce, 545 ; Upham, 605. 

 power to remove assistants, Berrien, Dallas, 



Taney, Witte, 023. 

 recommendations relative to residuary leg- 

 acy, 129. 

 report of, on residuary bequest of Smithson, 



123, 125, 120, 127. 

 reputation oi, Araer. Academy, 970. 

 qualifications of, report of organization com- 

 mittee, 940, 943; resolution of Regents, 

 943. 

 Seeds, plants, and productions. Rush, 850. 

 Seeds. See Tappan <fe Owen. 

 Selye, Lewis, remarks by, 713. 

 Sevier, Ambrose H., remarks by, 242. 

 Seward, W. H., remarks by, 558. 

 Seymour, Lady Elizabeth, 150. 

 Shadwell, Mr., selected by Mr. Rush to assist 



counsel, 15. 

 Sheep, improvement of, Hubbell, 803. 

 Sheldon, I). N., on programme of organization, 



992. 

 Shepard, C, House committee, 171, 200. 

 Sherman, Gen. W. T., elected Regent, 721, 722. 

 Sherman, John, remarks by, 692, 706. 



resolution by, 727. 

 Sherwood, Isaac R., resolution by, 734. 

 Shipping expenses of gold to United States, 



103, 104, 100. 

 Silkworms, raising, Hubbell, 803. 

 Silliman, Benjamin, on programme of organiza- 

 tion, 902. 

 Silliman, Benjamin, Jr., on programme of 



organization, 904, 

 Simmons, James F., remarks by, 331. 

 Sims, Alex. D., committee of House of Repre- 

 sentatives, 354. 

 bill oflfered by, 459. 

 remarks by, 430, 438, 440, 460. 

 resolution by, 465. 

 Singleton, O. R., resolution by, 756. 

 Site of buildings, digest of act relative to, 761. 

 Skinner, J. S., memorial of, 262. 

 Smith, Albert, of Maine, House committee, 200. 

 Smith, Aug. W., on programme of organization, 



974. 

 Smith, F. O. J., committee of House, 171. 

 Smith, Henry, on programme of organization, 



989. 

 Smith, John A., memorial of, 262. 

 Smith, Samuel A., resolution by, 6.53. 

 Smith, Truman, committee of House, 247. 



remarks by, 494, 498. 

 Smith, Wm., remarks by, 531. 

 Smithson, Hugh, 150. 



Smithson, James, account of, 9, 10, 12, 36, 61, 62, 

 150, 309. 

 bequest of, 9, 58, 61, 68, 69, 394. 



Smithson, James — Coutinued. 

 character of, 61, 62, 394, 413, 429, 432, 438, 547, 



613, 644, 805, 800, 898, 950. 

 character of institution, founded by, 153, 438' 



634, 882, 910. 

 estate of, 9, 11, 58, 71, 74, 70, 112. 

 estate of Col. Dickinson, received by, 36. 

 intended to leave fortune to Royal Society, 



587, 599. 

 library not required by, 588, 619. 

 notice of Smithson Tennant, 807. 

 opinions of, 438, 582, 809, 898, 949. 

 publication of papers of, refused by Royal So- 

 ciety, 587, 620. 

 personal property of, 74, 78, 101, 108, 117, 118, 



122, 204, 702. 

 researches of, 309, 394, 800, 807, 881. 

 sentiments expressed by, 634, 910, 949. 

 will of, 9, 10, 587, 944. 

 writings of, 582, 806, 808. 

 Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge, 

 Henry, 945; Martin, 979; Packard, 980; 

 Rhode Island Historical Society, 984 ; reso- 

 lution of Regents, 941, 942. 

 Smithsonian Institution should be beyond 



reach of Government, Barlow, 927. 

 Snell, Prof. E. S., proposed as Regent, 738. 

 Societie.s, transactions of, Henry, 947. 

 Society for the ditfusion of religious knowl- 

 edge, Henry, 950. 

 Society for diffusion of useful knowledge, 936 ; 



Henry, 9.')0. 

 Solar tables, Manlv, 989. 

 Solicitors engaged by Mr. Rush, 8. 

 Solution of experimental problems, Henry, 945. 

 Southard, S. L., remarks by, 144. 

 Southern Literary Messenger, proposed appli- 

 cation of bequest, 804, 890. 

 Sparks, Jared, on programme of organization, 



070. 

 Sparrow, Wm., on programme of organization, 



974. 

 Spaulding, E. G., remarks by, 703. 

 Speaker of the House. See Polk, Hunter, 

 White, Jones, Davis, Winthrop, Cobb, Boyd, 

 Banks, Orr, Pennington, Grow, Colfax, 

 Blaine, Kerr. 

 Specimens, distribution of seeds, plants, &c., 

 Tappan, 202, 303. 

 to be classed and arranged, Owen, 358. 

 Speculations, how to be treated, Amer. Acad- 

 emy, 907. 

 Speculations to be rejected, Henry, 945, 952. 

 Speight, Jesse, special committee of House, 148. 

 Spencer, John C, report of Secretary Treasury, 



207. 

 Spinner, Hon. F. E., deposit with, 128. 

 Squier & Davis on monuments of the Missis- 

 sippi Valley, 906; Moore, 971; Way land, 

 978. 

 St. John's College, Annapolis, Md., on pro- 

 gramme of organization, 970. 

 Stanley, J. M., loss of pictures of, by fire, S20,000, 



687, 688. 

 Stanton, Benjamin, appointed Regent, 650, 072. 



resolution by, 072. 

 Stanton, F. P., remarks by, 389. 

 Stanton, Richard H., resolution by, 534. 

 Statement of Smithson fund, 039. 

 Statement of stocks of Smithson fund, 639. 

 State, Secretary of, letters, 5, 837. 

 to Committee on Ways and Cleans, 157. 

 to Committee on Finance, 157, 158. 

 co-operation asked by Institution, 943. 

 States in default for interest not to have pro- 

 ceeds of sales of lands, .351. 

 Statistics, Henry, 940, 947 ; Barlow, 921. 

 State stocks, acts for investment in, 158. 

 act to prohibit investment in, 245, 246. 

 account of, Adams, 250. 

 offers of, requested by Secretary of Treasury 



Woodbury, 277, 278. 

 copies of bonds, 252. 

 investment in, 230, 237, 305, 637, 639. 



