INDEX. 



997 



gents being members of National Institute, 

 084, 085. 



Biography, Henry, 946. 



Bird, Dr. F. M., recommended as Regent, 474. 



Birdsall, B., memorial, 248. 



Black, Dr. Jos., familiar acquaintance of Smith- 

 son, 866. 

 letter from, to Smithson, SCO. 



Blaine, J. G., Speaker, appointed Eegents, 721, 

 725, 733. 



Blind, education of, action of House on, 4G4, 

 publication of books for, recommended, 

 Giles, 459. 



Blodget, Lorin, claim of, 589, 627. 



Board of visitors, Rush, 852. 



Bonds of United States bearing 7 3-10 per cent, 

 interest purchased, 127 ; sold, 133. 



Books belonging to Smithson, 108. 



Books, opinion of, Choate, 313 ; Owen, 375. 

 $150,000 should be laid out on, Hubbell, 862. 

 selection of, for library, Jewett,959. 



Borland, S., resolution by, 517. 

 remarks by, 518. 



Botanic garden, plea for, Darlington, 901, 905 ; 

 Owen, 362; Poinsett, 881, 885, 899. 



Botany, Cooper, 838; Henry, 946; Hubbell, 864; 

 Silliman, 963. 



Bowditch's commentary on La Place, Henry, 

 952. 



Bowdoin College on programme of organiza- 

 tion, 978, 980. 



Bowne, S. S., of N. Y., committee of House, 247. 



Boyd, Linn, resolution by, 410. 

 Speaker, appoints Regents, 523, 526; ap- 

 pointed committee, 573. 



Bragg, Thos., 660. 



Breckinridge, Jno. C., Regents appointed by, 

 654, 672. 



Breese, Sidney, remarks by, 474, 477, 478. 

 appointed Regent, 354. 

 resolution by, 478. 



Brengle, Francis, appointed on committee of 

 House of Representatives, 260. 



Brent, Daniel, account presented to, by attor- 

 ney of De la Batut, 13, 17. 

 account of expenses of attorneys in France,27. 

 bill to be paid, directed by President of the 

 United States, 45, 47. 



Brewerton, Henry, on programme of organiza- 

 tion, 977. 



Bridge water Treatises, Barlow, 921; Cooper, 838; 

 Rush, 854. 



Bright, Jesse D., Regents appointed by, 649. 



British Association reports, Beckj 961. 



British institutions supplied with Smithsonian 

 publications, 120. 



British minister, relative to Smithson's residu- 

 ary legacy, 126. 



British Museum, account of organization of, 



Upham, 002. 

 compared with S. I., Upham, 602 ; Meacham, 



Broadhead, Richard, resolution by, 462, 507. 

 Bronson, S. A., on programme of organization, 



992. 

 Brougham, Lord, on natural theology, Elliott, 



985. 



Brown University, best bibliographical collec- 

 tion, Jewctt, 959. 



on programme of organization, 977. 

 Brown, Wm., bill of, to R..Rush, 104. 

 Brunei's Manuel du Librarie, Marsh, 419. 

 Buchanan, Jas., remarks by, 144, :j;;i, ;;:i7, :>L1. 



committee of Senate, 166. 

 Building for Institution, American Antiquarian 

 Society, 988 ; Barlow, 917 ; Chapiu, 859 ; 

 "Delta," 888; English, 575; Gray, 965; Henry, 

 944.945; Billiard, 483; New Jersey Histor- 

 ical Society, 971; Owen, 356; Pearce, f.ll; 

 Rush, 851; Silliman, 902; Tappan, 203; 



Wayland, 841. 



digest of act relative to, 761. 

 report of organization committee, 931. 

 plan adopted by Regents, 932. 



Building for library, Tappan, 334. 



Building for National Museum, 748, 752, 753, 756, 



757. 

 Building of S. L, investigation proposed by A, 



Johnson, 489. 



investigation relative to necessary, A. John- 

 son, 496. 



report of origin of fire and losses, 686. 

 suggestions for improvement of, after the 



fire, 688. 



Buildings, costly, the bane of literary institu- 

 tions, 882. 



funds wasted in, Hubbell, 861. ' 

 instructions in construction of, Tappan, 302. 

 Bureau des Longitudes, France, Adams, 845. 

 Burke, Edmund, resolution by, 351. 

 Burnett, Henry C., resolution by, 652. 

 Butler, A. P., remarks by, 560, 563. 

 resolutioa by, 563. 

 report of Committee on Judiciary on man- 



agement of Institution, 563. 

 By-laws should be adopted, Upham, 601. 



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Cabinets of specimens, Chapin, 859 ; Delta, 881, 



885; New York Schools, 404 ; Way land, 841. 

 Calhoun, Jno. C., remarks by. 143, 242, 243. 

 Calhoun, Wm. B., resolution by, 171. 

 Cambreleng, C. C., letter to, from Jno. Forsyth. 



157, 158 



Cameron, Simon, remarks by, 665, 666, 670, 672. 

 Campbell, John, appointed on House commit- 

 tee, 200. 



Campbell, W. W., resolutions by, 473. 

 Canal in Washington, report on, 710. 

 Canterbury, court of,Smithsou's will proved in, 



10. 



Carpenter, M. H., Regents appointed by, 728. 

 Case stated by Mr. Rush, 10. 

 Cass, Lewis, appointed Regent, 475. 



resignation of, as Regent, 478. 

 Castaignet, M., claim for services as attorney of 



De la Batut, 19. 



expenses as attorney, 25, 27, 226. 

 fees charged by, as counsel for De la Batut, 



1:1, 17, 18. 

 claim of. allowqd by President of the United 



States, 45. 

 Casts of celebrated articles of sculpture, Henry, 



947. 



Casts of works of art, Jewett, 959. 

 Catalogues of libraries, Henry, 947; Jewett, 958. 

 Catliii, Geo., memorial to purchase Indian col- 



Ieeti9ns, 473, 477. 

 Centennial collections, new building asked for, 



748, 754, 755. 



Certificates of indebtedness of States, 252. 

 Certificates of qualification to students as 



teachers and professors, Owen, 358. 

 Chamberlain, John, on programme of organiza- 

 tion, 980. 



Champliu, Capi., of "Mediator," 102. 

 Chancellor, digest of act relative to, 760. 

 duty of, Henry, 947. 

 recommendation of, relative to residuary 



legacy, 130. 

 Chancery court, referred case of President vs. 



Drummond to master in chancery, 20. 

 decree by, in favor of United States, 58, 62. 

 necessity for reform in, on account of arrears 



in business, ,",',). 

 Chancery court suit, by Drummond, in favor of 



Hungcrford, 9, 10. 

 first hearing, February 1, 1837, 19. 

 Chancery suit "may begin with a man's life 



and its termination be his epitaph," 60. 

 Chancery suits, calculation as to duration, 49. 

 Chandler, Jos. R., remarks by, 526, 570, 037. 



resolutions by, 520, 529, 567, 037, 047. 

 Changes made from year to year in knowledge, 



Henry, 940. 



Chapin, Graham II., committee of House, 148. 

 resolution by, 154. 



