Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, Volumen18Smithsonian Institution, 1880 |
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A. D. Bache a. m. Present Academy adjourned to meet adopted Alexander Dallas Bache amount annual appointed appropriation assistants authorized Benjamin Stanton Board adjourned Board of Regents Board then adjourned Building Committee cent Chancellor coast collections communication Congress copy DEAR SIR defence deposited duties Executive Committee expenditures expenses February following resolution fortifications Girard College harbor honor income Insti interest James Smithson January January 28 JOSEPH HENRY knowledge labors last meeting lectures letter Mason Meacham meeting were read Messrs Morse motion museum natural history o'clock obedient servant objects observations Owen Pearce Peter Parker Professor Bache Professor Henry read and approved receipts received referred requested researches Resolved respectfully Richard Delafield Richard Rush Richard Wallach Robert Dale Owen scientific Seaton Secretary presented Smithson Smithsonian Institution specimens submitted telegraph thousand dollars tion Totten Treasury trust United Wallach Washington York
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