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INDEX. 



Cresvvell, J. A. J., attendance at Establishment, 

 773. 



Crest, George, proposals of, 617. 



Crouther, Mr., has adopted standard alphabet, 

 168. 



■Crummell, Alex., letter from, on Liberia, 190. 



Crustacea, method of transporting, 329. 



Culbertson, Alexander, thanks to, 72. 



Culbertson, Ferdinand, thanks to, 72. 



Cunard, Edward, letter from, granting free 

 freights to England, 161. 



Cunard steamship line, thanks to, for free 

 freights, 320. 

 free passage to Erof. Henry, 354. 



Curlcy, Prof., account of Georgetown observa- 

 tory, 467, 



■Curran, B. B., explanation of bid for building, 

 623. 



Cushing, Caleb, letter from, relative to sale of 

 Chinese books, 57. 

 attendance at Establishment, 772, 773. 



Customs, Board of, mode suggested by, for ad- 

 mitting publications free, 82. 



Customs duties remitted on exchanges, 82. 



ID. 



Daa, Louis Kr., offers of ethnological speci- 

 mens from Norway, 229. 

 Dakota grammar, Prof. Turner's work on, 157. 

 Dallas, Geo. M., appointed president of Board 

 of Regents, 1. 



elected Chancellor, 2. 



attendance as Resent, 1, 2, 3, 5, 16, 20, 34, 40, 

 41, 42, 44, 45, 46, 47,48, 50. 



presented applications for office of Secretary, 

 5. 



report by, on building, 7. 



amendment by, to plan of building, 24. 



presented resolutions to limit cost of build- 

 ing to $100,000, and to make contract with 

 John Haviland, 25. 

 ■ offered resolution on building, 28. 



resolution referring letter of John Notman, 

 33. 



letter from, on purchase of United States 

 stock, 440. 



letter from, 441. 



address at laying corner-stone of Smithso- 

 nian building, 684. 



appreciation by Board of services of, 54. 

 Dana, J. D., elected Regent, 419. 



excuse for non-attendance, 434. 

 Daniels, Mr., visited by Building Committee, 



6. 

 Darlington, Wm., offers his Notse Cestrienses, 

 197. 



notice of, by Prof. Henry, 197. 

 Davis, C. H., pays for calculations of occulta- 

 tions, 478. 



ethnological directions and chart by, 476. 

 Davis, Garret, appointed Regent, 192. 



attendance as Regent, 192, 193, 219, 233, 235, 

 240, 242, 243, 245, 300, 316, 320, 343, 352, 384. 



appointed on committee relative to increase 

 of fund, 301. 



motion by, on Wynns' estate, 243. 



motion of, relative to gold interest, 236. 



on transfer of library, 243. 



motion by, to adopt report of Executive 

 Committee, 245. 



motion of, to place O'Rielly's letter on tele- 

 graph in archives, 385. 



death of, and resolutions respecting, 387. 

 Davis, Henry Winter, appointed Regent, 218. 



attendance as Regent, 218. 



appointed on committee on Smithson legacy, 

 219. 



to prepare eulogy on Chief Justice Taney, 

 240. 

 Davis, Jefferson, attendance as Regent, 50, 51, 

 54, 55, 56, 57, 59, 60, 02, 64, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73. 



attendance at Establishment, 772, 773. 



amendment to memorial to Congress, 70. 



Davis, Jefferson. — Continued. 

 appointed on committee on copyright, 60. 



elected member of Building Committee, 60. 



motion by, relative to Mr. Harmon, 56. 



motion by, to thank examiners of memoirs, 

 58. 



motion by, to procure a drawing from Mr. 

 Harmon, 61. 



motion by, of thanks to Abbott Lawrence, 63. 

 suggestion of, to finish exterior of building 

 on new plan, 65. 



motion by, to authorize appointment of 

 another Assistant Secretary, 67. 



motion by, to appoint Mr. Lenojs. on Building 

 Committee, 67. 



motion by, to elect a Chancellor, 69. 



motion by, to refer Treasurer's report to Ex- 

 ecutive Committee, 70. 



motion by, of thanks to Culbertson for speci- 

 mens, 72. 



motion by, to provide residences for officers, 

 14. 



report by, on fire-proofing building, 66. 



report of Building Committee, 703. 



resolution by, inviting designs and models 

 of architecture, 59. 



resolution by, relative to Harmon's drawing, 

 62. 



resolution offered by, to make advance to 

 contractor, 66. 



presented communication from Chas. B. 

 Wells, 58. 

 Dayton, William L., appointed Regent, 172. 



services and death of, 240. 



eulogy on, to be prepared by J. W. Patterson, 

 240. 

 Deafening, specifications for, 637. 

 De Beust, W., loss of, at fire, $1,300, 238. 



petition for remuneration for losses by the 

 fire, and allowance of $500 for, 302. 

 De la Batut, Madame, Richard Rush appointed 

 to ascertain whether surviving, 4. 



report in relation to, 8. 



information of her being alive communicat- 

 ed, 20. 



annuity to, 72, 505. 



annuity, delay in receiving, 219. 



committee appointed to confer with Secre- 

 tary of State and British minister relative 

 to, 219. 

 De la Cuesta, Arroyo, Mutsun grammar, 191. 

 Delafield, Richard, elected Regent, 240. 



attendance as Regent, 242, 243, 245, 246, 300, 

 302, 304, 310, 320, 321, 343, 351, 352, 354. 



elected to Executive Committee, 241. 



appointed on committee on transfer of library, 

 243. 



appointed on committee on deposit of income 

 and system of accounts, 302. 



on policy of Institution relative to museum, 

 303. 



on transfer of library, 243, 244. 



report on deposit of funds, 304. 



report on deposit of income and system of 

 accounts, 306. 



motion by, to grant leave of absence to Prof. 

 Henry, with allowance for his expenses, 

 352. 



report of Building Committee presented, 248, 

 301, 320, 716, 719, 722. 



report on Washington city canal, 343, 351. 



motion by, to fill vacancy in Executive Com- 

 mittee, 350. • 



explanations by, of report of Executive Com- 

 mittee, 245. 



report of Executive Committee, 242. 305, 317, 

 320, 343, 351, 536, 540, 544, 547, 550. 



resignation as Regent, 356. 

 Delano, Columbus, attendance at Establish- 

 ment, 773. 



elected Honorary Blember, 774. 

 Denig, Edward T., thanks to, 72. 

 Dennison, C. W., application of, for use of room 

 for holding service, 88. 



