VI CONTENTS. 



Eulogies and Biographical Sketches: 



Page. 



Kichard Eush, by J. A. Pearce ! 154 



Joseph Priestley, by Joseph Henry 155 



W. W. Turner, by C. C. Felton 156 



"Washington Irving, by C. C. Felton 158 



James P. Espy, by A. D. Bache 159 



G. Wurdemann, by A. D. Bache 164 



Parker Cleaveland 164 



Cornelius C. Felton, by T. D. "Woolsey 174 



Stephen A. Douglas, by S. S. Cox 179 



James A. Pearce, by A. D. Bache 214 



Jos. G. Totten, by J. G. Barnard 264 



W. "W. Seaton, by Joseph Henry 308 



Charles C. Jewett, by K. A. Guild 336 



Wm. Henry Harvey, by Asa Gray 339 



Alex. Dallas Bache, by Joseph Henry 358 



Salmon P. Chase, by Jas. A. Garfield 416 



Louis Agassiz, by Jas. A. Garfield 418 



Salmon P. Chase, by H. Hamlin ^ 420 



Louis Agassiz, by Peter Parker 421 



Henry Wilson, by Peter Parker 435 



Prof. Agassiz's narrative of an expedition from Boston through the Straits of 



Magellan to San Francisco, in the steamer Hassler 394 



Will of Alexander Dallas Bache establishing the Bache Scientific Fund 400 



Deed of gift and trust from W. W. Corcoran, establishing the Corcoran Art 



Gallery 401 



Deed of Joseph M. Toner instituting the " Toner Lectures " for the advance 



of medical science 408 



Deed of John Tyndall establishing a Trust for the promotion of science in the 



United States 411 



Bequest of James Hamilton to the Smithsonian Institution 413 



Circular sent with specimens presented to institutions 414 



Journal of the Executive Committee of the Smithsonian Institution 



from September 12, 1846, to December 21, 1849 437 



Report op the Executive Committee : 



Year. Page. Year. Page' 



1847,1848 481 1862 524 



1849 484 1863 527 



1850 485 1864 530 



1851 492 1865 533 



1852 494 1866 537 



1853 495 1867 541 



1854 497 1868 545 



1855 503 1869 548 



1856 506 1870 551 



' 1857 510 1871 555 



1858 513 1872 559 



1859 515 1873 565 



1860 518 1874 572 



1861 521 1875 578 



Journal op the Building Committee from February 17, 1847, to De- 

 cember 1, 1847 597 



