INDEX. 



817 



Frelinghuysen, Theodore, letter from, solicit- 

 ing appointment of It. R. Gurley, 24. 

 French colonies in North America, researches 



on by Pierre Margry, 68. 

 French, Benjamin B., appointed assistant sec- 

 retary and recording clerk, 3. 



letter from, on performance of duty as assist- 

 ant secretary, 10. 



letter from, presented, 15. 



letter from, relative to books received, 21. 



otter of service to purchase books, 18. 



offer to lay corner-stune with Masonic cere- 

 monies, G74. 



ordered to act as assistant secretary until 

 secretary-elect appears, 12. 



vs. Rogers, telegraph suit, 140. 

 Frost, action of, on building stone, COO. 

 Fund, account of S. I., 42, 482, 484, 485, 4S8, 492, 

 494,495,497,499, 500, 503, 607, 510, 513, 515, 

 518,521,524,527, . r j:;o, 533, 537, 541, bib, 548, 

 b'j], 555, 556, 559, 505, 572, 578. 



act of Congress relative to increase of, 305. 



addition ot 8150,000 to, 03. 



addition to, by residuary legacy, 215. 



committee appointed by House of Represen- 

 tatives to inquire into expediency of in- 

 vesting, in sale stocks, 93. 



committee to devise system of keeping and 

 disbursing, 03. 



encumbered with restrictions, 495. 



Executive Committee to invest $5,000, 103. 



memorial to Congress to increase, 71, 93, 98, 

 300. 



report of special committee relative to dis- 

 tribution of, 101. 



report on state of, 42. 



resolution to ask Congress to receive sums to 

 add to, 248. 



statement of receipts and expenditures of 

 the Smithsonian, 724, 7:50. 



to be deposited with Corcoran & Riggs, GO. 

 Funeral expenses of John Connor ordered to 

 be paid by Board, 241. 



of W. McPeak ordered to be paid by Board, 

 193. 

 Fur Company, American, thanks to gentlemen 



of, 72. 

 Furnaces to heat the building unsatisfactory, 



701. 

 Furniture, expenditures for, 481, 490, 493, 494, 

 496, 498, 503,507, 510, 513, 516, 519, 521, 524, 

 527, 530, 533, 638, 542, 540, 549, 552, 55G, 500, 

 507, 574, 582, 724. 



for apparatus room, specifications, 658. 



for doors, specifications, 058. 



for lecture room, specifications, 055. 



for library, specifications, 058. 



for museum, specifications, 058. 



for Regents' room, specifications, 092, 095. 



proposals for, G22. 



G-. 



Gale, L. D., lectures by, 478. 



letter of, relative to early form of Morse tele- 

 graph, 145. 

 letter of, relative to interest in Morse's patent, 



140. 

 services of, to Mr. Morse, 140. 

 testimony of, in Morse case, 142. 

 Gallatin, Albert, elected honorary member, 475. 

 illness and death prevented his acceptance 

 of honorary membership, 475. 

 Gallery of Art, expenditures for, 491, 493, 498, 

 504, 508, 511, 514, 517, 519, 521, 525, 528, 531, 

 534,540, 721. 

 to be extended, 30. 

 to contain models of architecture, 59. 

 Garcia, Manuel, on exchanges with Spain, 186. 

 Gardner, D. P., letter and printed papers from, 



on crops, 19. 

 Garfield, James A., appointed Regent, 242, 310, 

 351. 

 attendance as Regent, 242, 243, 245, 300, 302, 



52 



304, 316, 317, 320, 343, 352, 354, 355, 385, 387, 

 :. S,391,416. 

 appointed on committee on deposit of in- 

 come and system of accounts, 302. 

 appointed on committee to ask for appropria- 

 tion for museum, 320. 

 appointed on committee to memorialize Con- 



gress to increase fund, 301. 

 appointed on committee to transfer the 



library, 245. 

 motion, co-operation with Corcoran Art Gal- 

 lery, 388. 

 motion in regard to the canal, 321. 

 motion to apply to Treasury Department for 



gold interest, 243. 

 motion on State stocks, 240. 

 motion to acecpt report of Building Commit- 

 tee, 301. 

 motion relative to death of W. W. Seaton,302. 

 mol ion to print Agassiz's report, :;i7. 

 motion to a*k Congress for appropriation for 



care of museum and fitting up hall, 320. 

 motion on use of great hall, 320. 

 motion to ask Congress to increase appro- 

 priation for care of collections to $10,000, 

 350. 

 motion to have statement prepared of ex- 

 penses of museum, 353. 

 motion to apply to Congress for appropriation 

 of $10,000 lor care of Government collec- 

 tions, 354. 

 motion requesting Prof. Henry to give full 



account of his visit to Europe, 355. 

 motion, thanks for free freight, 355. 

 motion to appoint a permanent assistant as 



chief clerk, at a salary of $175, : J ,r,i;. 

 motion relative to death of Garret Davis, 387. 

 motion to ask Congress to purchase Catlin's 



Indian collection, 390. 

 motion to publish account of Bache, Toner, 



and Tyndall trusts, 393. 

 motion to elect Justice Clifford, Chancellor, 



410. 

 motion to deposit income with Secretary of 



Treasury, 419. 

 remarks on transfer of library, 243. 

 remarks on policy of S. I. relative to museum, 



303. 

 remarks on museum hall, 320. 

 remarks on bill for endowment of agricultu- 

 ral colleges, and hope that S. I. would have 

 benefit, 390. 

 remarks on death of Chief Justice Chase, 416. 

 remarks on death of Prof. Agassiz, 418. 

 report on deposit of income and system of 

 accounts, 3oo. 

 Garrigues, Mr., appropriation to, of $500 for 



books 469. 

 Gartrell, L. J., appointed Regent, 133. 

 attendance as Regent, 136,151, 161. 

 reappointed Regent, 161. 

 Gaston, II. II., requesting aid in introducing 



new steam engine, 167. 

 Gauss, Prof., telegraph of, 145. 

 Gazetteer of North America, proposed by John 



Disturnell, 51. 

 Gelpcke, Keutgen, and Reiehelt, agents of 



North German Lloyd, 152. 

 General assistant appointed, 08. 

 Geographic and Scientific commission, pro- 



posed by J. A. Johnson, 132. 

 Geographical and Commercial Gazette, com- 



munication relative to. 119. 

 Geography, promotion of, by S. I., 107. 

 Geological hall, 564. 

 Geologist, expenditures for, 481. 



report of, on building material, 5S9. 

 Geology, communication on, 38. 

 of Costa Rica; 334. 

 promotion of, by S. I., 107. 

 Georgia State stock, 247, 306, 510, 613, 516, 618, 



621,624,527,630, 633. 540, 542, 557, 6S0. 

 Gerard, P., proposal for building, 623. 

 Gerling, method of observations by, 44. 



