THE OBSEQUIES. 



The funeral of Professor Joseph Henry, late Secretary of the 

 Smithsonian Institution, took place at half-past four o'clock, Thurs- 

 day, May 16, 1878. The services were in the New York Avenue 

 Presbyterian Church. The interment was in Oak Hill Cemetery, 

 Georgetown. 



The arrangements for the funeral were made by General Wil- 

 liam T. Sherman, Dr. Peter Parker, and Professor Spencer 

 F. Baird, a special committee appointed by the Regents of the 

 Smithsonian Institution. The supervision of the arrangements at 

 the church was intrusted to General Alexander McCook, U. S. 

 Army. The pall-bearers were — 



Mr. Justice Strong, of the Supreme Court of the United States. 

 William W. Corcoran, of Washington. 

 Admiral John Rodgers, Superintendent National Observatory. 

 General Andrew A. Humphreys, Chief Engineer U. S. Army. 

 Joseph Patterson, of Philadelphia. 

 George W. Childs, of Philadelphia. 

 General Joseph K. Barnes, Surgeon-General U. S. Army. 

 Captain Carlile P. Patterson, Sup't of U. S. Coast Survey. 

 General Orlando M. Poe, member of U. S. Light-House Board. 

 Professor Simon Newcomb, Sup't U. S. Nautical Almanac. 

 Professor Arnold Guyot, of the College of New Jersey. • 

 Dr. James C. Welling, President of Columbian University. 



A few intimate friends of the family, the Board of Regents and 

 the officers and attendants of the Smithsonian Institution met at 

 the residence, where brief services were held at four o'clock, coh- 



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