INDEX. 



829 



Peale, Franklin approval of seal by, 456. 

 Peale, Titian R., recommended to take charge 

 of collections, 10. 



claim of, for portrait of Washington, 385. 

 recommended as curator of museum, 21. 



report of committee on claim of, 388, 389. 



specimens placed in charge of, 4G2. 

 Pearee, James A., appointed Regent, 55. 



appointed on committee to ask Congress to 

 elect Owen, 45. 



appointed on Executive Committee, 47, 400. 



appointed on committee to communicate 

 thanks of Board to Dr. Hare, 51. 



appointed on Committee on Copyright, 60. 



appointed on special committee on distribu- 

 tion of income, 92. 



appointed on committee to represent Board 

 at investigation, 119. 



appointed on committee to invest funds, 120. 



appointed on committee to invest surplus 

 fund, 128. 



appointed on committee on Morse's charges 

 against Prof. Henry, 133. 



appointed on committee on investment, 506. 



attendance as Regent, 40, 41, 42, 44, 50, 54, 56, 

 57, 59, 60, 02, 64, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 75, 76, 80, 83, 

 84, 86, 89, 92, 93, 95, 97, 99, 100, 101, 112, 114, 

 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 127, 128, 130, 

 135, 137, 151, 104, 156, 161, 163, 166, 170, 172, 

 173. 



motion by, to record reports of committees, 

 36. 



motion by, to ask Congress to increase fund, 

 63. 



motion by, to authorize fire-proofing build- 

 ing, 66. 



motion by, to fill vacancies in Building Com- 

 mittee, 75. 



motion by, on copyrights, 81. 



motion by, to increase salary of Dr. Fliigel, 82. 



motion by, on memorial to Congress, 93. 



motion by, on claim of Cameron, 94. 



motion by, declining publication of new edi- 

 tion of Musee Francais, 95. 



motion by, to refer Wynns' estate to Mr. Ma- 

 son, 95. 



motion by, to amend Meacham's resolution 

 on estimates, 96. 



motion by, on report on income, 100. 



motion by, to confer with the Establishment, 



116. 



motion by, approving removal of C. C. Jewett, 

 117. 



motion by, to appoint committee to represent 

 Board, 119. 



motion by, fixing time for annual meeting of 

 Board, 122. 



motion by, on death of J. P. Espy, 161. 



motion by, to aid Dr. Hayes' Arctic expedi- 

 tion, 163. 



reappointed Regent, 131, 172. 



remarks by, on income, 115. 



remarks by, relative to Richard Rush, 154. 



report by, on claim of L. Blodget, 116, 117. 



report by, on distribution of income, 100, 101, 

 112. 



report by, on financial arrangements, 173. 



report by, on residences for officers, 83. 



report of Executive Committee, 91,97,99,113, 

 110, 122, 130, 137, 151, 163, 166, 173, 484, 485, 

 492, 493, 495, 497, 502, 506, 509, 512, 515, 518, 

 521, 523. 



requested by Board to have memorial rela- 

 tive to accrued interest taken from files of 

 Senate and referred to Committee on Fi- 

 nance, 76. 



resolution by, to sell United States stock and 

 lend to Corcoran & Riggs, 76. 



death of, announced, 192. 



eulogy on, by A. D. Bache, 214. 



resolutions on death of, 214. 

 Pease, W. H., letter from, on mollusca, 1S9. 



donation of specimens by, 210. 



natural history of Sandwich Islands by, 210. 



Peirce, Benj., made trustee of Bache fund, 400. 

 Peirce, Daniel, letter from, presented, detail- 

 ing method of educating Indian tribes, 58 

 Peirce, Franklin, attendance at Establishment. 



772, 773. 

 Pennsylvania bonds, $36,000 to be bought, 128. 

 Pennybacker, Isaac S., attendance as Regent, 

 1, 2, 3, 5. 

 letter from, on purchase of United States 



stock, 44-t. 

 decease of, 20. 



resolutions in regard to decease of, 22. 

 Peter, John P. C, on Seneca stone, 599,626. 663. 

 672, 670. ' * 



report of, on Seneca stone, 661. 

 Peters, C. H. F., discovery of planet by, 392, 



on telegrams on astronomical discoveries, 384. 

 Petition of \V. Do Beust for relief, and allow- 

 ance of $50o for, 302. 

 Petito, E., account of Indian tribes, 262. 

 Phillips, John, communication from British 

 Association relative to catalogue of Philo- 

 sophical memoirs, 123. 

 Philology, W. W. Turner's services to, 157. 

 circular on, by Geo. Gibbs, 205.' 

 promotion of, by S. I., 107. 

 remarks on, by Lepsius, 16S. 

 Shea's Indian, 191. 

 Philosophical Society, American, memorial of, 

 relative to uniformity of coinage, 98. 

 recommended Titian it. Peale, 10. 

 Phoenician origin of Indians, 253. 

 Phcenix, J. Phillips, letter from, recommending 



employment of P. Navlor, 34. 

 Phcenix Iron Company, contract with, for roof. 



717. 

 Photographer, building for, 5S3, 584. 

 Physical science, catalogue of memoirs on, 123. 

 Physiology, promotion of, byS. I., 107. 

 Piazzi's observations, new discussion of, pro- 

 posed by Dr. Gould, 221. 

 Pickering, Dr., vote for, as secretary, 12. 

 Pictures offered by G. Nye, 464. 

 Pike's Peak, observations on height of, 195. 

 Pike & Son employed to construct meteorologi- 

 cal instruments, 476. 

 Plan of Finance. See Bache. 

 Planetarium by Jas. Russell, resolution of Leg- 

 islature of Ohio relative to, 34. 

 Planet discovered by C. H. F. Peters, 392. 

 telegraphic announcement of discovery of, 

 384, 389. 

 Plans for Building, 4, 22, 24, 28, 29, 30, 32, 87. 

 Plant, G. II., letter of, on buildinc, 021. 

 Plants collected by Dr. Oakes, 478. 

 deposited with Department of Agriculture, 



425. 

 from Tennessee, captured during the war, 

 211. 

 Plastering, specifications for, 635. 

 Plates of volume on architecture, size of, 676. 

 Poland, L. P. appointed Regent, 310, 351. 

 appointed on committee to ask for appropri- 

 ation for museum, 320. 

 attendance as Regent, 310, 317, 321, 351, 352, 



354, 355, 357, 3S4, 3S5, 3S7, 388, 391, 416. 

 motion by, on report of committee on use of 



large room, 317. 

 motion by, to make allowance to W. J. Rhees 



for extra services, 352. 

 motion by, of regret at resignation of Rich- 

 ard Delaiield as Regent, 356. 

 motion by, to ask Congress to make Gov- 

 ernor of District a Regent, 357. 

 motion by, to deposit Virginia coupon-bonds 

 in Treasury of the United States, 384. 

 Policy of Institution, co-operation not monop- 

 oly, 390. 

 Polk, James K., President, indorsement by, on 



application for approval of site, 19. 

 Poole, Henry, sends cone-in-eone, 228, 

 Portland Society of Natural History, account 



of, 324. 

 Portrait engravers, best in United States, 669. 



