Smithsonian Institution, Board of Regents, Minutes, 1852

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Summary

  • Present: John W. Maury, William F. Colcock, Graham N. Fitch, James A. Pearce, and Joseph G. Totten. Members not present were Roger B. Taney, James M. Mason, James Meacham, Alexander Dallas Bache, Rufus Choate, Gideon Hawley, Richard Rush, and William C. Preston.
  • In the absence of the Chancellor, Mr. Pearce took the chair. Mr. Fitch, from the Building Committee, presented a letter from James Renwick stating the building encompased in Mr. Cameron's contract was completed and he could be paid. There was a suit pending between Mr. Cameron and a subcontractor and though the regents have no interest in the suit, they are party to it. In order to obtain further information this subject was postponed to the next meeting. Mr. Fitch also presented an account from Mr. Renwick for services from March 1 to June 1, 1852 as well as a communication from Mr. Renwick relative to his compensation. Mr. Fitch introduced a resolution to pay Mr. Renwick which was postponed until the next meeting. The board then adjourned to Monday evening, August 9, at 7 1/2 o'clock.

Subject

  • Colcock, William Ferguson
  • Fitch, Graham Newell
  • Mason, James Murray
  • Totten, Joseph Gilbert 1788-1864
  • Sniffin, John
  • Hawley, Gideon 1785-1870
  • Pearce, James Alfred
  • Bache, A. D (Alexander Dallas) 1806-1867
  • Renwick, James 1818-1895
  • Rush, Richard 1780-1859
  • Taney, Roger Brooke 1777-1864
  • Preston, William C. 1794-1860
  • Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859
  • Meacham, James C
  • Cameron, Gilbert
  • Maury, John Walker
  • Regents Smithsonian Institution
  • Board of Regents Committee on Buildings
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • Board of Regents

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • 1852/08/07 Regents Minutes
  • Board of Regents - Minutes of Meetings, 1846-

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 1, Board of Regents Vol. 1 (Bound volume)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 900 Jefferson Drive, SW, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

  • 1879
  • August 7, 1852

Topic

  • Financial policies
  • Construction (Buildings)
  • Board of Regents
  • Board of Regents--Financial policies

Form/Genre

Board of Regents

Physical description

Number of pages: 2; Page numbers: 407-8

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