ILLUSTRATIONS 
EE SMITHSONIAN: INSTITUTION! oe siciazccs ieacdese aes s Frontispiece 
From a photograph by T. W. Smillie. 
IDYADEA VIACEUN Ne BID DIG sek cic parte sea adores ast ace cleats seeee sen ed 13 
From a silhouette taken about the time of her marriage to Samuel Baird, 2nd. 
BIRTHPLACE OF PROFESSOR BAIRD AT READING, PENNSYLVANIA, 
FIFTH AND WASHINGTON STREETS, S. W..................... 19 
Restoration from a photograph taken by Dr. W. J. Hoffman. 
SAMUEL BAIRD, GRANDFATHER OF PROFESSOR BAIRD........... 30 
From a miniature in the possession of Miss Christine W. Biddle. 
DICKINSON PCOLEBGE FIN GL S490 cease + onswscec se sass dae spe one Stee 39 
From an illustration in The Collegian, Volume I, No. 1, March, 1849. 
BEE NCER PULLER R TON BAIRD: 6 sive taQciadestsiaitie ob oa sia-oe eave firs Aes 47 
From a daguerreotype taken September 29, 1840. 
MRS. LYDIA SPENCER BIDDLE, GRANDMOTHER OF PROFESSOR 
SS Sam STATINS TD ape act tag Sen tit 2 Pech Wl callats seater Ot eee Sate ttntratel acths Se 122 
From a painting in the possession of Mrs. Lydia Spencer Blight Hageman. 
TTSOE SI SLO INH Digs eR GN 2a bo) Dee ree en eee 144 
Restoration from photographs under the direction of James Rush Marshall, 
Esq. 
SERN CER: PULLER TON BAIRD. osc iccnssaw seu sogewaeetontaaies seas 203 
From a daguerreotype taken about 1850. 
LYDIA M. BAIRD, MOTHER OF PROFESSOR BAIRD, WITH HER 
GRAND-DAUGHTER AND NAMESAKE................0.0000000 206 
From a photograph taken about 1866, lent by Mrs. Moncure Robinson, Sr. 
JOSEPH HENRY, FIRST SECRETARY OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTI- 
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From a photograph taken in 1874 by T. W. Smillie. 
WARY ELEN: CHURCHIED, BAT RD: cs 040s ts csisoneseaes cede shoes es 220 
From a photograph by T. W. Smillie, taken about 1882. 
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