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INDEX. 



Owen, Robert Dale— Continued. 



excused from service on Executive Com- 

 mittee, 47. 



letter from, relative to publication of Hints 

 on Public Architecture, 53. 



letter from, on purchase of United States 

 stock, 442. 



letter of, on Maryland marble, 598. 



letter of, to J. P. C. Peter, C2G. 



letter of, to canal company, GG2. 



letter from, on condition of the building 690 



motion by, on Powers' Greek slave, 43. 



motion by, on request of Notman, 44. 



motion by, that Secretary participate in de- 

 liberations of Board, 1G. 



motion by, to recommit report on organiza- 

 tion, 19. 



motion by, on salary of Secretary, 15. 



presented application for office, 9. 



presented application of Caleb Buckingham, 



presented letter from J. Renwick, 8. 

 presented letters relative to building 9 

 presented letter from D. P. Gardner'io. 

 presented letter from Wells and Arnot 22 

 presented letter from Mrs. E. M. Gurle'v 23 

 presented letters relative to secretarysliip"li 

 presented plan from Robert Mills, 4. 

 presented plans in behalf of David Dale 



Owen, 3. 

 presented report of Committee on Organiza- 

 tion, 24. 

 presented proposition relative to estimates 



of cost of building, 27. 

 proposed as Regent, 45. 

 report from Committee on Organization 8 

 report from committee to wait on President, 



report of Building Committee, 596. 



report of Committee on Site, 20, 37. 



report of Executive Committee, 481. 



report of, on claims of Notman and Rogers 

 35. ° ' 



report on building, 7. 



report relative to plan of finance and appro- 

 priations, 41. ' * 



resigned from Executive Committee, 4G0 



resolutions by, on organization, 11. 



resolutions by, to approve election of Prof 

 Henry as Secretary, 12. 



resolution by, on plan of building, 29 



resolution by, to give $250 to Isaiah Rogers 33 



resolution by, for equal division of income, 30 



resolution by, as to payment of accounts, 30 



resolution by, on printing report 33 



resolution by, relativo to site, 19, 34. 



resolution by, on examination of buildinsr 

 materials, 38. & 



resolution by, to deposit treasury notes in 

 Senate treasury, 38. 



resolution by, appropriating $500 for experi- 

 ments on building materials, 39. 



resolution by, to print Dallas' address at 

 corner-stone, 41. 



seal for Institution approved by, 445. 



to prepare work on architecture, 602. 



Pacific Mail Steamship Company, thanks to, for 

 free freight, 123, 152, 320. 



Packard, F. A., proposed history of public edu- 

 cation by, 223. 



Paddock, N., letter requesting co-operation 

 with educational institution, 57. 



Page, C. G., report of, on building materials, GOO. 

 thanks to, for apparatus, 81. 



Painting building, specifications for, 6G0. 



1 amphlots received by library 1840-1877, 731. 



Panama Railroad Company, thanks to, for free 

 freight, 123, 152, 321. 



Pandosy, M. C, Yakama grammar, 191. 



Panizzi, A., acknowledgment for fossils, 2G0 



Papers to be published, 25. 



Parish, Henry, bill from, for work on archi- 

 tecture, 94. 

 Parker, Peter, elected Regent, 316, 419 

 appointed on committee on death of Henry 

 Wilson, 433. ' 



appointed on committee to prepare resolu- 

 tions on death of S. P. Chase and L. Agassia, 



attendance as Regent, 31G, 317, 320, 321 343 



351, 352, 354, 355, 357, 384, 385, 387, 389, 391.' 

 416, 419, 423, 420, 428' 430, 433, 434. ' 



elected to Executive Committee, 316. 



motion by, to send report of Secretary to 

 Congress, 393. 



motion by, of thanks to P. T. Barnum for do- 

 nations, 425. 



motion by, on resignation of W. T. Sherman. 

 429. ' 



motion by, on death of Henry Wilson 433 



remarks by, on death of W. P. Fess'enden 



352. * 

 remarks by, on museum hall, 320. 

 remarks by, on city canal, 321. 



remarks by, on Virginia bonds, 3S5. 

 remarks by, on death of L. Agassiz, 421 

 remarks by, relative to accounts of museum 



420. 7 



remarks by, on necessity for better heating 



apparatus, 432. 6 



remarks, report, and resolutions by, on death 



of Henry Wilson, 434. 

 report of Executive Committee, 356. 384 385 



387, 389, 423, 420, 429, 430, 434, 430, 544.' 547* 



550, 554, 558, 564, 570, 571 , 577, 586. ' 



report by, on Corcoran Art Gallery, 391 

 report by, on Washington canal, 350. 

 Parrish, Milo M., letter of, 603. 

 Parry, C. G, botanical exploration of Colorado 



by, 195. 

 Patents, Commissioner of, letter of Frederick 



Gotten referred to, 123. 



appropriation by, for meteorological statistics 

 517, 520. 



assent of, to be given to selection of site. 3 



collection transferred from, 125, 512, 514. 



meteorological blank prepared for use of 126 



Patten, John H., communication from, relative 



to will of Thomas Wynns, 79, 122 

 engaged to inquire into Wynns' bequest to 



Institution, 505. 

 services of, offered at settlement of Wynns* - 



estate, 244. 

 Patterson, J. W., appointed Regent, 218 242 

 appointed on committee on active operations 



and museum, 220. 

 appointed to prepare eulogy on W. L. Dayton 



appointed on committee on transfer of libra- 

 ry, 243, 245. 



appointed on committee to memorialize Con- 

 gress on increase of fund, 301. 



appointed on committee on use of room 304 



attendance as Regent, 218, 219, 233 "34' 215' 

 240, 242, 243, 246,300. 302, 304. ' * 



motion by, to invest Smithson residuary leg- 

 acy in United States 7.30 bonds, 230. 



motion by, to fill vacancy in Executive Com- 

 mittee, 241. 



motion by, on appointment of committee for 

 removal of library to the Capitol, 243. 



motion by, to appoint committee to transfer 

 library, 245. 



motion by, to authorize sale of stocks, 248. 



motion by, to appoint committee on best use 

 of large hall in second story, 303. 



remarks by, on removal of library to care of 

 Congress, 243, 244. 



remarks by, on policy of Institution and mu- 

 seum, 303. 

 report of committee on transfer of library 

 244. J * 



resolution by, on death of A. D. Bache 304 

 Peabody, Geo., & Co., interest allowed by, 535*. 

 Peale, Charles Wilson, claim for portraitby 385 



