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INDEX. 



Jewett, diaries C. — Continued. 

 biographical notice of, 336. 

 did not design to ask action of Regents on 



memorial, 117. 

 duties of, to commence March 19, 1849, 40. 

 engaged in distribution of copies of Smith- 

 sonian Contributions to Knowledge, 4G5. 

 entered fully on duties as librarian, 474. 

 estimate of value of books received by ex- 

 change, 109. 

 letter from, accepting appointment as assist- 

 ant secretary, 34. 

 letter from, on formation of library, 46. 

 plan by, for stereotyping catalogue, 08. 

 plan lor library, 402. ■ 



plan of, for remedying evils of copyright sys- 

 tem, 81. 

 removed by Secretary, 117. 

 report on library, 57. 

 report from, on subject of copyright, GO. 

 report of, on library, read, 72. 

 withdrawal of memorial by, 117. 

 Johns, Bishop John, library of, sent by War 

 Department to S. I., 194. 

 loss of library of, in fire, 238. 

 Johnson. J. A., on an International Geographic 



and Scientific Commission, 132. 

 Johnson, Reverdy, presented letter enclosing 



memorial of R. Cary Long, 24. 

 Johnson, Walter R., letter from, 15. 

 Jones, Alexander, asks to be appointed agent 



of Institution, 11. 

 Jones, Zeph., proposals for building, 010. 

 Journal of the Building Committee, 597. 

 of the Executive Committee, September 12, 



1840, to December 21, 1849, 437. 

 of Proceedings of the Board of Regents, 1. 

 of Proceedings of the Establishment, 771. 



IK- 



Kaiserliche-Konigliehe Geologische, Reichs- 



Anstalt, fossils sent by, 230. 

 Kane, E. K., instruments granted to, 88. 

 Kane, J. K, commission on Owens' work, 097. 

 Kellogg, Miner K., resolutions relative to Greek 



Slave forwarded to, 43. 

 exhibition of Powers' statue of the Greek 

 Slave, 459. 

 Kemble, Governeur, commission on Owens' 



work, 697. 

 Kendall, Amos, letter from, presented to Board, 



152. 

 Kennedy, Jas. C, appointed trustee of Corcoran 



Art Gallery, 402. 

 Kennicott, Robert, appointed by Illinois State 



Board of Education to co-operate with S. I., 



127. 

 aid furnished to, bv Hudson's Bay Company, 



105. 

 aid rendered to, 232. 

 resolution on death of, 307. 

 Key, D. M., attendance at Establishment, 774. 

 King, C, Indian portraits lost in fire, 238. 

 Kingman, E., proposal for brick, 017. 

 Knight, George II., letter from, in favor of 8 as 



the metrical number, 324. 

 Knowledge, Contributions to, to be published, 



25. 

 how it can be increased and diffused, 104. 

 Koeppens, Prof., lectures by, 471. 

 Korner, Henry, disclosures in science by, 424. 

 Kubinyi, A., thanks to, for birds, 229. 

 Kunhardt & Co., letter from, granting free 



freight, 184. 



Labels for minerals, how to be printed, 187. 



C. A. Shepard on, 187. 

 Laboratory, expenditures for, 503, 507, 510, 513, 



510, 519, 521, 525, 527, 531, 534, 538, 543, 500, 



508, 574, 582, 724. 



Laboratory — Continued. 

 of Natural History, construction of, 583, 584. 

 plans of, by D. D. Owen, 678. 

 Laborers, expenditures for, 108, 498, 504, 508, 

 510, 519, 521, 527, 531, 534, 538, 543, 540, 549, 

 500. 

 Laboulaye, Prof., acknowledgment of, for edu- 

 cational books, 332. 

 Lambdin, J. R., letter from, recommending 

 casts of Elgin marbles, 98. 

 communication from, relative to copies of 

 works of art, 152. 

 Land, approach of sea upon, 333. 

 Land Office, transfer of minerals from, 503. 

 Lands, public, proceeds of sales of, to be given 



to agricultural colleges, 392. 

 Languages, paper on, report on, 475. 

 affinity of, paper presented on, 467. 

 Lapham, I. A., memoir by, on mounds of Wis- 

 consin, presented, 90. 

 Laplanders, account of, 229. 

 Latrobe, B. H., letter from, 002. 

 Lawrence, Abbott, thanks of Board to, for at- 

 tention to interests of Institution, 03. 

 cyclopedia belonging to Smithson purchased 



through, 63. 

 note from, concerning portrait of Smithson, 

 56. 

 Lea, Isaac, memorial by, on Lowe's plan to 



cross the Atlantic, 107. 

 LeBoulanger, Father, Illinois dictionary, 208. 

 LeBrun, Mr., letter from, in regard to compe- 

 tition for plans, 18. 

 Lecture rooms to be arranged, 30. 

 Lecture room, larger, proposed by Secretary, 80. 

 additions to, 472. 



application for, by C. W. Dennison, 88. 

 changes in, G99. 

 drawings for, 94. 

 specifiations for, 054, 655. 

 superior qualities of, 709. 

 to be in second story of main building, 708. 

 use of, granted to United States Agricultural 



Society, 97. 

 use of, granted, 520. 

 Lectures, expenditures for, 482, 490, 493, 495, 

 490,498,5(14, 508, 511, 514, 516, 519, 521, 525, 

 528, 531, 553, 550, 560, 5G8, 574, 582, 724. 

 account of, 72. 

 by E. Hitchcock, 473. 

 by Prof. Koeppens, 471. 

 for college pupils, 479. 

 of Institution delivered in Carusi's saloon, 



471. 

 of Prof. Henry at Princeton, 482, 48S. 

 of Prof. Tyndall in United States, 411. 

 opinion of Board that fewer should be given, 



and twelve would be enough, 163. 

 to be delivered in all the States, 14. 

 to be included in plan, 14, 20. 

 Toner, deed establishing, 408. 

 Lecturers, expenditures for, 43, 53, 491, 493, 495, 

 490, 498, 504, 508, 511. 

 invited by S. I., 478. 

 Lee, Daniel, applied for appointment as pro- 

 fessor of agricultural chemistry, 21. 

 Lefevre's Montagnais vocabulary. 191. 

 Lefroy, Captain, letter from, relative to discon- 

 tinuance of Toronto magnetic observatory, 

 89. 

 Lefroy, Colonel, observations taken for, 165. 

 Lefroy, Lieut., asking Institution to procure 



magnetic apparatus, 474. 

 Legacies, Congress asked for authority to re- 

 ceive, 125. 

 Legare, Hugh S., letter relative to purchase of 



library of, 5. 

 Legare, Miss, letter from, relative to purchase 



of library of her brother, 5. 

 Leggett, M. D., attendance at Establishment, 



774. 

 Leidv, Joseph, letter from, on donation of 



shells, 249. 

 Leiper, S. M., proposal for lumber, 604. 



