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dressed, worked, and prepared by convicts in the State prison at 

 Sing Sing, IS T ew York ; which memorial was read. 



Mr. Seaton presented a letter from Alexander Hunter, recom- 

 mending J. Carroll Brent for an appointment under the Board of 

 Regents ; which letter was read. 



Mr. Hilliard presented a letter addressed by John JSTotman, archi- 

 tect of Philadelphia, to the Board of Regents, relative to the de- 

 scription and estimate of the design submitted by him for the 

 building for the Smithsonian Institution. 



Several printed copies of the above letter were presented by Mr. 

 Hilliard, and distributed to the members of the Board. 



Mr. Owen presented a printed letter of Wells and Arnot, archi- 

 tects of New York, explanatory of their drawings for the buildings 

 for the Smithsonian Institution and the estimate of the cost of the 

 same. 



Mr. Seaton offered the following resolution, which was read and 

 agreed to : 



Resolved, That all the architects who have presented plans for the consideration of 

 the Building Committee be informed that the Board of Kegents will hear any expla- 

 nations they may desire to make in relation to their respective designs, to-morrow, at 

 10 o'clock, a. m. 



On motion of Mr. Owen — 



Ordered, That the daily hour of meeting shall be 10 o'clock, a. m., until otherwise 

 ordered. 



On motion of Mr. Owen, the Board adjourned until to-morrow, 



at 10 o'clock, a. m. 



January 21, 1847. 

 Mr. Evans offered the following resolutions, accompanying them 

 with remarks suitable to the occasion : 



Resolved, That the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution have learned with pro- 

 found sensibility that since .their last meeting, the Honorable Isaac S. Pennybacker f 

 late a member of this Board, has departed this life. 



Resolved, That in testimony of their high respect for the memory of their late asso- 

 ciate, the members of this Board will wear the customary badge of mourning for the 

 period of thirty days. 



Resolved, That these resolutions be entered upon the journal, and a copy of them 

 be transmitted to the widow of the deceased. 



The resolutions being read, were agreed to unanimously. 



Mr. Evans presented a letter from A. E. Belknap, of Boston, 

 Massachusetts, refuting charges in regard to the professional char- 

 acter of Josiah Rogers, of that city, as an architect. 



The Chancellor presented a letter from the Secretary of the Sen- 

 ate, accompanied by a memorial presented to the Senate on the 20th 

 instant, from residents of the District of Columbia, remonstrating 

 against the use of materials prepared by State prison convicts in 



