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steamer Great Western, which, ahhough not to sail until after the Medi- 

 ator, may be expected to arrive first at New York. My going in the Great 

 Western has been precluded by the fact of her accommodations for pas- 

 sengers having all been engaged long before I knew the time when I 

 should be able to close the business in my hands, and have the gold ready 

 for shipment. 



I have the honor to remain, with great respect, your obedient servant, 



RICHARD RUSH. 



Hon. JouN Forsyth, 



Secretary of State. 



No. 30. 



Harbor of New York, August 28, 1838. 



Sir : I have the honor to report to you my arrival here in the ship Me- 

 diator, with the amount in gold of the Smithsonian bequest recovered for 

 the United States. 



The expenses, of every kind, incurred by closing the btisiness in Lon- 

 don and shipping the gold, were paid there ; but I have still to pay freight 

 here and primage, and also some other small charges incurred on bringing 

 over the Smithsonian boxes and trunks heretofore mentioned. When every 

 thing is fully paid, there will be left in my liands, as well as I can now 

 compute the amount, upwards of ^6104,500 ; the whole is in sovereigns, 

 packed in boxes. 



The money being consigned to no one here, I must continue to hold it 

 in my custody luUil I can receive your instructions to whom to deliver it, 

 as provided for by the act of Congress of the 1st of July, 1836. 



I have the honor to remain, in the mean time, your most faithful and 

 obedient servant, 



RICHARD RUSH. 



Hon. John Forsyth, 



Secretary of State. 



Department of State, 



Washington^ August 30, 1838. 

 Sir : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch 

 No. 30, of the 2Sth instant, announcing your arrival in the harbor of New 

 York, with the Smithsonian bequest in gold. With regard to the disposi- 

 tion to be made by you of these funds, you no doubt will have learned, 

 upon landing, that your request had been anticipated by instructions to 

 you from the Treasury Department, intrusted to the care of Mr. George 

 Newbold, president of the Bank of America. 



Tendering to you my congratulations on the success of your mission, 

 a;id on your safe return to your country, I am, sir, respectfully, 



Your obedient servant, 



JOHN FORSYTH. 

 Richard Rush, Esq., 



Neiv York. 



