INDEX. 



843 



Vinton, Francis — Continued. 

 settlement of account of estate of Mrs. 

 Wynns, 242. 

 Virginia bonds, $35,000 to be bought, 128. 



$53,500 purchased, 129. 

 Virginia State stock, 510, 513, 516, 517, 518, 521, 

 524, 527, 530, 533, 537, 540, 641, 543, 545, 548, 

 555, 659, 505, 500, 507, 572, 573, 578, 5S0. 

 account of, 240, 247, 3S8. 

 registered, converted into coupon bonds, 



384. 

 coupon bonds to be deposited in Treasury 



of United States, 384. 

 bonds, State seal required on, 385. 

 Virginia, Owen's report on building stones of, 



6G4. 

 Visitors to museum, number of, to be ascer- 

 tained by recording turnstile, 432. 

 Vocabularies proposed by G. Gibbs, 201, 202,203, 



204, 205, 200. See Indian vocabularies. 

 Vouchers, examination of, 173, 426. See Ac- 

 counts and Executive Committee. 



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Wade, B. F., attendance as Regent, 316, 317, 

 320, 321, 343. 



appointed on committee to ask for appro- 

 priation for museum, 320. 



remarks of, on museum hall, 320. 

 Waite, Morrison R., attendance as Regent, 426, 

 428, 430, 433, 434. 



elected Chancellor, 426. 

 Walker, R. J., grant of room in custom-house, 



New York, 406. 

 Walker, Sears C, ephemeris of Neptune, 463. 



testimony of, on telegraph, 142, 144. 



resolutions of respect to memory of, 89. 

 Wallaeh, Richard, attendance as Regent, 172, 

 173, 174, 175, 193, 218, 219, 234, 235, 240, 242, 

 243, 245, 246, 300, 302, 304, 316, 317, 320, 

 321. 



appointed member of Executive Committee, 

 193. 



appointed on committee on the fire, 235. 



motion by, to appoint committee to report 

 on the fire, 235. 



motion by, of thanks, for aid rendered at the 

 fire, 240. 



motion by, to pay funeral expenses of John 

 Connor, 241. 



motion by, to apply to Congress for act to in- 

 crease the fund, 246. 



motion by, to accept report of Secretary, 24G. 



motion by, to present memorial to Congress 

 to increase iund, 300. 



motion by, of sympathy at death of Mr. Sea- 

 ton, 301. 



motion by, to send report of Secretary to 

 Congress, 307. 



motion by, on death of R. Kennicott and H. 

 Bryant, 307. 



motion by, to accept L. Agassiz's report on 

 use of hall, 317. 



motion by, to increase salary of Secretary, 

 323. 



remarks of, on museum hall, 320. 



report of Building Committee, 716, 722. 



report of committee on the fire, 236. 



report of Executive Committee, 236, 245, 529, 

 532, 530, 540, 544. 



report of Executive Committee on the canal, 

 350. 



resolution by, to sell State stocks, 306. 

 Walls, sample, constructed for examination, 6. 

 Walter, Thos. U., visited by Building Com- 

 mittee, 6. 



letter from, GS9. 

 Walters, W. T., appointed trustee of Corcoran 



Art Gallery, 402. 

 War, Secretary of, thanks to, for assistance, 52. 



sends books taken by Army to S. I., 194. 



aid rendered after fire, 235. 



War, services of A. D. Bache during the, 370. 

 Ward, H. A., casts of fossils presented by, 



503. 

 Warming building, estimates for, to be pro- 

 cured, 101. 

 Warner, Hiram, appointed Regent, 121. 

 appointed on committee to invest surplus 



fund, 128. 

 attendance as Regent, 121, 122, 125. 127. 128. 

 130. ' ' ' ' 



motion by, to invest surplus fund, 123. 

 Warren, G. K., type set of fossils sent to British 



Museum, 200. 

 Warren, Owen G., premium to, 21. 



visited by Building Committee, 6. 

 Washington City stocks, 247, 306, 510, 513, 516, 

 617, 518, 521, 524, 627, 530, 533, 537, 540, 541, 

 542, 580. 

 Washington City, services of W. W. Seaton to, 



313. 

 Washington, Masonic gavel and apron of, used 

 at laying corner-stone, 684. 

 portrait ol, claim for Peale's, and report on, 

 385, 388, 389. 

 Washington Monument, 9. 

 furniture sold to, 474, 488. 

 Wasps, Do Saussure's treatise on, 212. 

 Watchman, expenditures for, 108, 490, 498, 604, 



508, 510, 513, 534, 540, 549. 

 Water, Buckingham's claim for introducing, 

 40. 

 contract for supply of, 675. 

 introduced into building, 523, 673. 

 plans to be obtained lor introduction of, 170. 

 provision for supply of, 070. 

 Water-closets, specifications for, 600. 

 Watkins, E. A., Cree dictionary. 208. 

 Watts, Frederick, discontinued Monthly Bul- 

 letin of Department of Agriculture, 386. 

 Weber, Prof., telegraph of, 145. 

 Weights and measures, Dr. Hare on construc- 

 tion of, 132. 

 system of G. H. Knight, 324. 

 W. B. Taylor on, 327. 

 Wells on S. I. grounds, danger from, 712. 



to be opened, 0o7. 

 Wells, Chas. B., communication from, relatiTe 

 to archaeological researches, 58. 

 appointed on special committee of House ol 

 Representatives to investigate S. I., 119. 

 Wells & Arnot, premium to, 21. 



letter from, explanatory of drawings, 22. 

 Welsh language supposed to be same as Indian, 



Western Union Telegraph Co., co-operation in 

 meteorology, 194. 

 free telegrams by, 3S9. 

 White, Edward B., associated with committee 



in examination of building, 64, 65. 

 White, Dr., collections by, 398. 

 Wiley & Putnam, contract to publish work on 

 architecture, 590, 008. 

 supplemental contract, 694. 

 Will of A. D. Bache, 400. 

 of James Hamilton, 414, 424. 

 of Thomas Wynns, making contingent be- 

 quest to S. 1., 77. 

 of Smithson to be recorded, 3. 

 Williams, Geo. II., attendance at Establish- 

 ment, 774. 

 Williams, Othniel S., letter from, on telescope, 



124. 

 Wilson, Henry, attendance as Regent, 428. 

 motion by, to appoint Geo. Bancroft on Ex- 

 ecutive Committee, 429. 

 death of, 433. 



remarks and resolutions by Peter Parker on 

 death of, 434. 

 Wilson, Prof., presented casts, models, and 



drawings, 95. 

 Wind vanes, specimens of, exhibited, 70. 

 Wirtz, II. H., herbarium from, 211. 

 Wisconsin, memoir on mounds of, presented, 

 90. 



