TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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PREFACE, BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ill 



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 



V 

 THE BENEFACTORS, BY SAMUEL PlERPONT LANGLEY 235 



VI 

 THE SMITHSONIAN BUILDING AND GROUNDS, BY GEORGE BROWN 



GOODE 247 



VII 



THE SMITHSONIAN LIBRARY', BY CYRUS ADLER 265 



