Public Lectures Discontinued After SIB Fire
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PrintSince the January 24, 1865 fire, which burned the upper story of the Smithsonian Institution Building in which the lecture room was situated, the public lectures have been discontinued.
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Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1866. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1867, p. 31.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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