Smithsonian Institution, Board of Regents, Minutes, 1852

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Summary

  • Members of the Board: Roger B. Taney, Walter Lenox, James A. Pearce, James M. Mason, William F. Colcock, Graham N. Fitch, James Meacham, Alexander Dallas Bache, Joseph G. Totten, Rufus Choate, Gideon Hawley, Richard Rush, and William C. Preston. Members present and absent not recorded.
  • In accordance with the board's resolution which fixed "the time of the beginning of their annual meeting on the first Wednesday of January of each year," the board met. Because a quorum was not present, the regents adjourned to meet the following Saturday.

Subject

  • Colcock, William Ferguson
  • Fitch, Graham Newell
  • Mason, James Murray
  • Totten, Joseph Gilbert 1788-1864
  • Lenox, Walter 1817-1874
  • Hawley, Gideon 1785-1870
  • Pearce, James Alfred
  • Bache, A. D (Alexander Dallas) 1806-1867
  • Rush, Richard 1780-1859
  • Taney, Roger Brooke 1777-1864
  • Preston, William C. 1794-1860
  • Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859
  • Meacham, James C
  • Board of Regents
  • Regents Smithsonian Institution

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

  • 1852/01/07 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, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

  • 1879
  • January 7, 1852

Topic

Board of Regents

Form/Genre

  • Procedures
  • Meeting schedule
  • Board of Regents

Physical description

Number of pages: 2; Page numbers: 74-75

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