Rhees, William Jones, ed. and comp. Smithsonian Institution: Documents Relative to its Origin and History, 1835-1899. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, vol. 43. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, 1901. p. 657.
Summary:
The Speaker of the House, Schulyer Colfax, announces the appointment of James W. Patterson of New Hampshire to the Board of Regents. Patterson was also reappointed to the Board of Regents in 1865.