PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. 



Washington, D. C, May 13, 1878. 



A meeting of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion was held this day at the Institution, at eight o'clock p. m., under 

 the call of the Chancellor, for the purpose of making suitable ar- 

 rangements for the obsequies of Professor Joseph Henry. 



Present: The Chancellor, Chief Justice Waite, Hon. Hannibal 

 Hamlin, Hon. Aaron A. Sargent, Hon. Robert E. Withers, 

 Hon. HiESTER Clymer, Hon. James A. Garfield, Hon. Peter 

 Parker, and General William T. Sherman. 



The Chancellor made the following remarks: 



My Brethren of the Board of Regents: I have asked 



you to come together this evening not to take action upon the 



great loss our Institution has sustained, but to consult as to what 



may best be done to pay honor to all that is mortal of the great 



and good man who, conceiving what Smithson willed, has devoted 



his life to making the bequest of our benefactor what he wished it 



to be, an instrument "for the increase and di£fusion of knowledge 



among men." 



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