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sis might serve to facilitate its attainment, the Secretary of State was 

 directed in July last to apply to persons versed in science and familiar 

 with the subject of public education for their views as to the mode of 

 disposing of the fund best calculated to meet the intentions of the 

 testator and prove most beneficial to mankind. Copies of the circular 

 letter written in compliance with these directions and of the answers ' 

 to it received at the Department of State are herewith communicated 

 for the consideration of Congress. 



M. VAN BUREN. 



Ordered to be printed with the accompanying documents. 

 December 10, 1838 House. 



Two messages from the President of the United States. 

 To the House of Representatives of tlie United States: 



I herewith transmit to the House of Representatives reports from 

 the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, with accom- 

 panying documents, in answer to the resolution of the House of the 

 9th of July last. 



M. VAN BUREN. 



WASHINGTON, December 7, 1838. 



Referred to a select committee. 



Mr. John Q. Adams, Mr. F. O. J. Smith, Mr. Charles Ogle, Mr. 

 Charles Shepard, of North Carolina, Mr. Orrin Holt, Mr. Waddy 

 Thompson, Mr. Wm. H. Hunter, of Ohio, Mr. John P. Kennedy, and 

 Mr. James Garland, of Virginia, were appointed said select committee. 



For second message see Senate proceedings, December 10. 



Referred to the select committee last appointed. 

 December 20, 1838 House. 



Mr. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS presented a memorial of Charles Lewis 

 Fleischmann, a citizen of the United States, showing the importance 

 of and the benefits which may arise from the establishment of a 

 national agricultural school as a branch of the Smithsonian Institution; 

 which memorial was referred to the select committee appointed on 

 two messages from the President in relation to the Smithsonian 

 bequest. (See p. 155.) 



On motion of Mr. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS, 



Ordered, That the memorial of Walter R. Johnson for an institution for experi- 

 ments in physical sciences, presented May 21, 1838, be referred to the select committee 

 appointed on two messages from the President in relation to the Smithsonian bequest. 



Memorial of Prof. Walter R. Johnson: 



The memorial of the undersigned, a citizen of the United States, respectfully 

 represents 



That, having been for many years devoted to the investigation and elucidation of 

 those departments of science which pertain to the practice of the useful arts; and 

 having, as he conceives, witnessed on various occasions the serious detriment which 



1 Printed in Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections No. 328, p. 837. 



