Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley by E. G. Squier and E. H. Davis
5. It is believed that the collections in natural history will
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increase by donation as rapidly as the income of the Institution can
make provisions for their reception, and, therefore, it will seldom
be necessary to purchase any articles of this kind.
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2. 1. The memoirs thus obtained to be published in a series of volumes,
3. 2. No memoir, on subjects of physical science, to be accepted
4. 3. Each memoir presented to the Institution to be submitted for
5. 4. The commission to be chosen by the officers of the Institution,
6. 5. The volumes of the memoirs to be exchanged for the Transactions
7. 6. An abstract, or popular account, of the contents of these memoirs
8. 1. The objects, and the amount appropriated, to be recommended by
9. 2. Appropriations in different years to different objects; so that in
10. 3. The results obtained from these appropriations to be published,
11. 4. Examples of objects for which appropriations may be made:
12. 1. Some of these reports may be published annually, others at longer
13. 2. The reports are to be prepared by collaborators, eminent in the
14. 3. Each collaborator to be furnished with the journals and
15. 4. The reports to be published in separate parts, so that persons
16. 5. These reports may be presented to Congress, for partial
17. 1. Physics, including astronomy, natural philosophy, chemistry, and
18. 4. Application of science to arts.
19. 5. Ethnology, including particular history, comparative philology,
20. 8. A survey of the political events of the world; penal reform, &c.
21. 12. Obituary notices of distinguished individuals.
22. 1. These treatises may occasionally consist of valuable memoirs
23. 2. The treatises to be submitted to a commission of competent judges,
24. 1. To carry out the plan before described, a library will be
25. 2. The Institution should make special collections, particularly
26. 3. With reference to the collection of books, other than those
27. 4. Also catalogues of memoirs, and of books in foreign libraries, and
28. 5. It is believed that the collections in natural history will
29. 6. Attempts should be made to procure for the gallery of art casts of
30. 7. The arts may be encouraged by providing a room, free of expense,
31. 8. A small appropriation should annually be made for models of
32. 9. For the present, or until the building is fully completed, only
33. 10. The Secretary and his assistants, during the session of Congress,
34. 11. When the building is completed, and when, in accordance with the
35. CHAPTER I.—GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE ANCIENT MONUMENTS OF THE
36. CHAPTER IX.—ANOMALOUS MOUNDS; MOUNDS OF OBSERVATION; STONE HEAPS, …
37. CHAPTER X.—REMAINS OF ART FOUND IN THE MOUNDS; POTTERY AND ARTICLES OF
38. CHAPTER XIX.—CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS, … 301–306 #/
39. 207. Site of Sculptured Rocks of the Guyandotte 299
40. CHAPTER I.
41. CHAPTER II.
42. CHAPTER III.
43. CHAPTER IV.
44. CHAPTER V.
45. 1838. His paper, which was accompanied by several illustrations,
46. CHAPTER VI.
47. CHAPTER VII.
48. CHAPTER VIII.
49. 65. There are no enclosures in the vicinity of these works. It is
50. CHAPTER IX.
51. CHAPTER X.
52. CHAPTER XI.
53. CHAPTER XII.
54. 91. Some of them, of more elaborate workmanship than the rest, and
55. CHAPTER XIII.
56. CHAPTER XIV.
57. CHAPTER XV.
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