o 



DISCOURSE, 



ON 



THE OBJECTS AND IMPORTANCE 



Mr 



THE NATIONAL INSTITUTION 



PROMOTION OF SCIENCE, 



ESTABLISHED AT WASHINGTON, 1840, 



DELIVERED AT THE FIRST ANNIVERSARY. 



BY JOEL R. _POINSETT, 



SECRETARY OF WAR AND SENIOR DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTION. 



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P. FORCE, PRINTEB 



1841. 



