840 



INDEX. 



Squier <fe Davis, 200 copies of memoir present- 

 ed to, 50. 

 100 copies of Vol. 1, Smithsonian Contribu- 

 tions to Knowledge, granted to, 4G8, 469. 

 Squier, E. G., letter from, 54. 



thanks to, for gift, 62. 

 Stable, account of, erected on grounds for S. I., 



385. 

 Stabler, E., letter from, asking additional com- 

 pensation, 47. 

 seal of S. I. prepared by, '145. 

 Stairs, speciflationa for, 656, 057. 

 Stanley, J. M., gallery of Indian portraits de- 



posited by, 83. 

 iskt 



year for Indian 



asked allowance of §100 



gallery, 103. 

 communication from, relative to Indian gal- 

 lery, 119. 

 Indian portraits lost in fire, 238. 

 offer of, declined, 119. 



offer of, to sell Indian gallery for $12,000, 133. 

 portraits, gallery of art necessary for, 88. 

 report on purchase of Indian gallery of, 138. 

 Stanton, Benjamin, appointed Regent, 121, 

 133. 

 reappointed Regent, 161. 



attendance as Regent, 128, 129, 130, 13Q, 137, 

 101, 1G3, 166, 170. 

 Stanton, Edwin M., Secretary of War, letter 

 from on books from South Carolina, 194. 

 aid rendered by, after fire, 235. 

 assistance rendered by, 715. 

 Stars, map of northern, published, 469. 



Piazzi's catalogue of, 221. 

 State, Secretary of, assent to site, 3. 

 committee to confer with, on Smithson's leg- 

 acy, 219. 

 Stationery, expenditures for, 481, 482, 490, 493, 

 491, 496, 498, 50:i, 507, 510, 513, 516, 519, 521, 

 525, 527, 530, 534, 538, 542, 546, 549, 552, 556, 

 560, 667, 574, 5S2, 724. 

 Statistical department suggested by Nahum 



Capen , 9. 

 Statistical statements, 723. 

 Statue of Greek slave, 459. 

 Steam-boilers, Bache's researches on, 361. 

 Steam-enginci, aid asked to introduce, 167. 

 Steam-heating apparatus, 569, 576, 585. 

 Steam or hot-water heating apparatus, esti- 

 mates, 161. 

 Steam or hot water, heating by, proposed, 239. 

 Steamship companies, free freights by, 320. 

 thanks of Regents to, for free freight, 123. 

 Steindacliner, Dr., zoological work of, 398. 

 Stereotyping catalogues of libraries, plan for, 

 68. 

 department, operations of, presented, 90. 

 expenditures for, 495, 496, 498, 504, 543, 546. 

 titles of books, 72. 

 Stevens, Henry, progress of, in compilation of 

 Bibliographia Americana, 58. 

 bibliography of books relative to America, 



464. 

 proposed catalogue, 463. 



proposition to obtain facts relative to life of 

 James Smithson, 79. 

 State stocks. See Stocks, 



St. (Jeorge.'s Church, N. Y., description of, 694. 

 St. Paul's Church, N. Y., description of, 694. 

 St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences, exchanges 

 of specimens with, 328. 

 Imperial Library at, presented work on Rus- 

 sian antiquities, 127. 

 Stevenson, .J. W., appointed Regent, 387. 

 appointed on committee on death of Henry 



Wilson, 433. 

 atti-m lance as Regent, 387, 3S8, 419, 423, 430, 



433. 

 motion to adopt report of Executive Com- 

 mittee, 423. 

 mot inn approving action of Secretary in rela- 

 tion to the Korner manuscripts, 425. 

 Stewanlson, Thos., memorial by, on Lowe's plan 

 to cross the Atlantic, 167. 



Stewart, Alexander T., illustration of store of 



669, 672, 679, 693. 

 Stockholm Academy of Sciences, thanks for 



Arctic birds, 333. 

 Stockton, Henry, letter from, offering to litho- 

 graph plans, 34. 

 Stock, United States Treasury notes to be ex- 

 changed for, 53. 

 certificate of, transferred to Corcoran & 



Riggs, 78. 

 Chancellor and Secretary to sell $180,000 of, 



76. 

 6 per cent., $150,000 to be funded as, 63. 

 Stocks, State, expenditures for, 510, 513, 516, 517,. 

 518, 521, 524, 527, 530, 533, 537, 539, 540, 542, 

 543, 545, 548, 555, 559, 565, 566, 567, 572, 573, 

 578, 580. 

 conclusion not to dispose of, 246. 

 could not be bought at prices limited by 



Board, 128. 

 disposal of, intrusted to a committee, 241. 

 extra fund to be invested in, 127. 

 North Carolina recommended, 90. 

 of United States to be purchased, 30. 

 proposed investment in, by committee of 



Congress, 93. 

 report on State, 247. 

 resolution to sell, 306. 

 sale of, authorized, 248. 

 State, purchase of, 129. 

 State, report on purchase of, 129. 

 State, to be purchased at market rate, 128. 

 Stokes, Geo. G., examination of Prof. Henry 

 by, 775. 

 appointed on committee of British Associa- 

 tion on catalogue of memoirs, 123. 

 Stone, H., proposition from, to furnish desiga 



for monument to James Smithson, 78. 

 Stone, Wm. .)., letter from, relative to casts of 

 statues and a school of art and design, 125. 

 Stone, report of effect of frost on, 601. 

 report of D. D. Owen on, 664. 

 report of James Renwick on, 6G1. 

 selected for building, 667. 

 specifications for, 638. 

 Stone-cutting, proposals for, 622. 

 Stone-masonry, proposals for, 620. 



specifications for, 633, 634. 

 Storm, damage by, to building, 526. 

 Storms, directions for telegraphing, 195. 

 Espy's theory of, 160. 



telegraphed from Rocky Mountains and Cali- 

 fornia, 195. 

 Struthers, William, letter from, on specimens 



of marble, 31. 

 Stuart, David, appointed Regent, 92. 

 attendance as Regent, 92, 93, 97, 101, 112, 114,- 



118. 

 letter from, requesting special meeting of 



Board, 100. 

 motion by, on removal of assistants, 113. 

 motion by, on resolutions on distribution of 



income, 113. 

 motion by, on claim of L. Blodget, 119. 

 Stuart, Jos. A., bequest of James Hamilton re- 

 ceived from, 414, 423, 427. 

 Studer, B., requests a bison, 255. 

 Sullivan, Jeremiah, offered services as superin- 

 tendent, 31. 

 Sue, authority for S. I. to be sued and, 125. 

 Congress asked for power for S. I. to, 125. 

 Suit of Cameron dismissed. The Board of 

 Regents cannot be sued, 94. 

 between Cameron and sub-contractor, Board 

 party to, S4. 

 Sultan of Turkey presented engravings to il- 

 lustrate Mosque of St. Sophia, 127. 

 Sumwais, Green A Co., letter of, 620. 

 Superintendent to report on cause of accident,. 



61. 

 Superintendents to be appointed, 29. 

 Supreme Court, decision of, in telegraph case^. 

 141. 

 tribute to Prof. Henry by, 148. 



