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PREFACE, BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES iu 



INTRODUCTION, BY THE SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION V 



HISTORY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



I 



JAMES SMITHSON, BY SAMUEL PlERPONT 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 PIERPONT LANGLEY 235 



VI 



THE SMITHSONIAN BUILDING AND GROUNDS, BY GEORGE BROWN 



GOODE 247 



VII 



THE SMITHSONIAN LIBRARY, BY CYRUS ADLER 265 



