INDEX. 



807 



Books received by library 1846-1877, 731. 

 list of, to be prepared, 14. 

 received from copyright, 42. 

 Chinese, offered ior sale, 57. 

 Harrison Hall proposes to purchase, 66. 

 value of, received, 109. 

 presented by F. Troy on, 185. 

 from libraries in South Carolina and Virginia, 



deposited by Secretary of War, 194. 

 presented by Duke ol Northumberland, 155. 

 in Library of Congress, use of, 244. 

 from Brazil, 255. 



from Government of Bremen, 259. 

 from Imperial Library at Vienna, 256. 

 of Smithson, how to be preserved, 357. 

 Booth & Morfit report on recent improvements 



in chemical arts, 108. 

 Bordeaux, Chamber of Commerce, on ex- 

 changes, 225. 

 Imperial Academy, report to, on S. I., 154. 

 Bosler, Abram, executor of James Hamilton, 



414. 

 Boston, buildings in, visited by Building Com- 

 mittee, 6. 

 Botany, promotion of, by Institution, 107. 



services of W. H. Harvey to, 339. 

 Boutwell, G. S., attendance at Establishment, 



773. 

 Bowen, S. J., became Regent ex-officio, 343. 



attendance as Regent, 343, 352. 

 Bowen, T. J., Yoruba grammar, 168. 

 Boxes, statistics of, forwarded to foreign coun- 

 tries, 731. 

 Bradley, Joseph H., communication from, rela- 

 tive to claims of John Sniffin, 79 ; report of 

 Building Committee on letter of, relative 

 to claims of John Sniffin, 80; arrangement 

 between Sniffin and Cameron, 80 ; letter 

 from, relative to Gilbert Cameron, 94. 

 Brainard, R. C, surrogate, notice to appear in 



Wynns' estate case, 242. 

 Brazil, M. M. Lisboa on exchanges with, 254. 

 Brazilian Natural History Museum, specimens 



presented by, 255. 

 Breckinridge, John C, attendance as Regent, 

 131, 133, 135, 137, 151, 154, 156, 161. 

 motion by, to re-elect Mr. Taney, Chancellor, 

 131. 

 Breese, Sidney, attendance as Regent, 5, 20, 40, 

 41, 42, 4(i, 48, 50. 

 presented applications, 8. 

 moved to reconsider vote adopting site, 10. 

 resolution offered by, to elect Secretary, 10, 11. 

 propositions of amendment by, of plan of 



building, 24. 

 proposed amendment to resolution of organi- 

 zation, 25. 

 motion of, relative to purchase of portraits, 41. 

 to move in Senate appointment of successor 



to Lewis Cass, 48. 

 letter from, on purchase of United States 

 stock, 442. 

 Brehm, Dr., exchange of -specimens with, 326. 

 Bremen, account of Society for Promotion of 

 Natural Science in, 259. 

 present of books from, 259. 

 steamship line, free passage to Prof. Henry, 



354. 

 legation, letter from, relative to free freights 

 by Bremen line, 151. 

 Brick-masonry, specifications for, 633, 635. 

 Bricks, proposals for, 016, 617, 621. 

 Bridges to Smithsonian grounds, 70, 472, 702, 705. 

 British Association for Advancement of 

 Science, committee appointed by, to pre- 

 pare catalogue of philosophical memoirs, 

 123. 

 British Association and Royal Society, report 

 of joint committee of, on continuance of 

 magnetic observations, 153. 

 British Government presented volume of 

 magnetical observations at Toronto, 63. 

 letter to, urging continuance of Toronto Ob- 

 servatory, 89. 



British Minister, committee to confer with, on 



Smithson's residuary legacy, 219. 

 letter from, commending Dr. Berendt, 256. 

 British Museum, S. I. to procure moulds of 



Elgin marbles in, 98. 

 electrotypes of engravings of conchology 



granted by, 231. 

 acknowledgment for fossils and offers return, 



260, 261. 

 British Pacific Steamship Navigation Co., 



thanks to, 152. 

 Brodhead, John Romeyn, recommended as 



Secretary, 15. 

 Browne, Peter A., letter from, relative to ap- 

 propriation to Dr. Diekerson for ethnologi- 

 cal exploration, 46. 

 applies for subscription for work on hair and 



fur, 468. 

 Bruce, Fred. W. A., commending Dr. Berendt, 



256. 

 Bruyas, French-Mohawk dictionary, 191, 208. 

 Bryant, Dr. Henry, resolution on death of, 307. 

 Buchanan, James, letter from, recommending 



Robert W. Burrows for appointment, 23. 

 Buchanan, Dr. P. F., exchange with Bremen, 



259. 

 Buckiugham, C, letter from, on supplying 



water, 673. 

 contract with, to supply water, 674. 

 bill for water pipe, 687. 

 claim of, for additional compensation, 40. 

 Building, compensation for plans of, to I. Rogers 



and J. Notman, 36. 

 purchase of City Hall proposed for, 36. 

 accident to, 61. 

 report of committee appointed to examine, 



64. 

 to be finished and changes r in the interior 



authorized, 80. 

 Capt. Alexander's plans for finishing, 87. 

 part of surplus fund to be withdrawn for, 91. 

 to be altered for residence for Secretary, 92. 

 windows and other parts of the east wing 



to be put in order, 136. 

 better means of warming, 161. 

 destruction of part by fire, 235. 

 estimated repairs after fire $100,000, 239. 

 repairs of, intrusted to a committee, 241. 

 best use of large room in second story, 303. 

 Improvements in, 384. 

 east wing taken possession of 10 April, 1849, 



472. 

 to be completed in three years, 483. 

 to be completed in five years, 484. 

 expenditure limited to $250,000, 485. 

 cost of, to be $300,000, 485. 

 time of completion to be extended, 485. 

 interior to be fire-proofed, 485. 

 expenditures, 481, 482, 490, 493, 494, 496, 498, 



603, 507, 510, 513, 516, 519, 521, 524, 527, 530, 



533, 538, 542, 546, 549, 552, 556, 560, 567, 574, 



825, 724. 

 increased cost of, 505. 

 damaged by storm, 511, 526. 

 cost $450,000, 544. 



cost of reconstruction $136,000, 563. 

 account of, 591. 

 detailed description of, 630. 

 location of, selected, 661. 

 examination of, 692. 

 to be fire-proofed, 702, 703, 705. 

 modifications of, 706, 707, 708, 709. 

 fitting up rooms in east wing for residence of 



Secretary, 710. 

 west wing fitted up for library, 712. 

 effects of fire on, 713, 714. 

 account of reconstruction, 717. 

 new arrangement of rooms in, 720. 

 warming, lighting, and ventilating, commit- 

 tee to report on, 4. 

 location of, 17. 

 plans of D. D. Owen, 3, 4. 

 plans of Robt. Mills, 4. 

 plans of Wm. Archer, 5. 



