Appropriation to USNM Increases by $6,000

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Summary

In the Annual Report of 1867, Secretary Joseph Henry states that the $4,000 annual appropriation in support of the museum has been temporarily increased to $10,000. In 1868, the appropriation will revert to $4,000, despite a request for more funds due to inflation, the expenses associated with the fire, and the three-fold increase in the size of the National Museum since it was under the charge of the Patent Office.

Subject

  • Henry, Joseph 1797-1878
  • United States National Museum
  • United States Patent Office
  • United States Congress

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1867 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1868), 56.
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1868 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1869), 13.
  • William Jones Rhees, The Smithsonian Institution: Documents Relative to Its Origin and History: 1835-1899, Vol. 1, 1835-1887 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1901), 663.

Contact information

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

Date

March 2, 1867

Topic

  • Finance
  • Secretaries
  • Fire
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Annual Reports
  • Expenditures, Public
  • National Collections
  • Appropriations and expenditures
  • Fires
  • Smithsonian Institution--Appropriations and expenditures

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