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PREFACE, BY THE President of the United States iii 



INTRODUCTION, BY THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION V 



HISTORY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



I 



JAMES SMITHSON, BY Samuel Pierpont Langley I 



II 



THE FOUNDING OF THE INSTITUTION, 1835-1846, BY George 



Brown Goode 25 



III 



THE ESTABLISHMENT AND THE BOARD OF REGENTS, BY George 



Brown Goode 59 



IV 



THE THREE SECRETARIES, BY George Brown Goode 115 



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THE BENEFACTORS, BY SaMUEL PiERPONT LaNGLEY 235 



VI 



THE SMITHSONIAN BUILDING AND GROUNDS, BY GeoRGE BroWN 



Goode 247 



VII 



THE SMITHSONIAN LIBRARY, BY CyrUS AdlER 265 



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