Journal of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives, 33rd Congress, 2nd Session
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Minutes of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives appointed by the 33rd Congress, 2nd Session pertaining to the management of the Smithsonian. Includes a transcription of testimony by Lorin Blodgett, Spencer F. Baird, Charles C. Jewett, and William J. Rhees and written testimony by Secretary Joseph Henry and Charles C. Jewett. Contains letters from Joseph Henry, James Meacham, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, and Charles W. Upham.
Subject
- Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887
- Blodget, Lorin 1823-1901
- Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859
- Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
- Jewett, Charles C (Charles Coffin) 1816-1868
- Meacham, James C
- Upham, Charles W
- Board of Regents
- Smithsonian Library
- United States Congress
Category
Smithsonian Legal Documents
Legal document information
- Title 20, Education
- Committee Journal
Notes
See also Letter of Honorable Rufus Choate, Resigning the Office of Regent of the Smithsonian Institution; Upham Report of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives, 33rd Congress, 2nd Session; Witte Report of the Select Committee of the House of Representatives, 33rd Congress, 2nd Session; Journal of the Select Committee, 33rd Congress
Contained within
Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives, 33rd Congress, 2nd Session (Book)
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
- 1855
- 1/22/1855-3/1/1855
Topic
- Law
- Controversies
- Interpretation and construction
- Secretaries
- Act to establish the "Smithsonian Institution," for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Among Men
- Personnel management
- Congressional Debates
- Expenditures, Public
- Libraries
- Museums
- Finance, Public
- Management
- Finance, Public--United States
- Law--Interpretation and construction
- Legislation
- Libraries and museums
Place
United States
Form/Genre
Committee Journal
Physical description
Number of pages: 172; Page Numbers: 46-218