Senate Proceedings 01/09/1845

Summary

The bill to establish the Smithsonian Institution is brought up again. The major points debated are professorships and the size and contents of the library. The debate focuses on the question of which specific areas of knowledge should be increased and diffused by the institution.

Subject

• Tappan, Benjamin
• Choate, Rufus, 1799-1859
• Crittenden, John J
• Woodbury, Levi
• Rives, William C (William Cabell) 1793-1868
• Niles, John M
• Buchanan, James
• United States Congress

Category

Smithsonian Legal Documents

Legal document information

• Title 20, Education
• Congressional Record

Notes

for bills relating to the act establishing the Smithsonian Institution see S. 18, S. 245, S. 293, S. 292, H. R. 5, H.R. 863, H.R. 259, H.R. 418, H.R. 1, H.R. 1160, H.R. 1161, especially versions of H.R. and S. 18

Contained within

The Congressional Globe, vol. XIV (Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

01/09/1845

Topic

• Debates and Debating
• Act to establish the "Smithsonian Institution," for the Increase and Diffusion of Knowledge Among Men
• SI, early history, Congressional Debates
• Libraries
• College teachers
• Mission statements
• Federal funds

Form/Genre

Congressional Record

Physical description

Number of pages: 3; Page Numbers: 115-117

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