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questing me to pa}' an account amounting to frs. 272f/o, 

 forwarded to the Department by Mr. Brent, our consul at 

 Paris, the subject-matter of which was formerly made 

 known to me in your letter of the 17th of November, 1836, 

 to which I replied in my No. 6, on the 9th of January fol- 

 lowing; and I beg leave to say, that on the 19th instant I 

 accordingly remitted to Mr. Brent the above sum, to be 

 debited, as your letter indicates, to the Smithsonian legacy, 

 if recovered, * * * and if not, to the appropriation 

 for prosecuting the claim of the United States to the said 

 legacy. 



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

 obedient servant, 



EiCHARD Rush. 



The Hon.. John Forsyth, Secretary of State. 



John Forsyth to Richard Rush. 



Department of State, December 27, 1837. 

 Sir : Your despatches to No. 17, inclusive, have been re- 

 ceived. In compliance with the request contained in your 

 letter of the 27th of October last, and subsequently urged 

 in your private letter of the olst of the same month, I 

 transmit to you, enclosed, a new power from the President 

 to provide for the contingency, which you think probable, 

 of such instrument being demanded either by the court, the 

 Attorney General, or the defendant's counsel. 

 I am, sir, your obedient servant, 



John Forsyth. 

 Richard Rush, Esq., &c. 



Richard Rush to John Forsyth. 



London, January 30, 1838. 

 Sir : I had yesterday the honor to receive your letter of 

 the 27th December, enclosing the President's renewal of 

 my power to prosecute the Smithsonian claim, and receive 

 the money for the United States whenever the same may be 

 adjudged. It remains uncertain, as intimated in my com- 

 munication of the 27th of October, w'hether the exhibition of 

 the new power will be eventually demanded ; but even if 



