100 SMITHSONIAN BEQUEST. 



liichard Ru,sh to John Forsyth. 



Harbor of New York, August 28, 1838. 



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

 Mediator., with the amount in gold of the Smithsonian bequest recov- 

 ered for the United States. 



The expenses of every kind incurred by closing the business 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 men- 

 tioned. When everything is fully paid, there will be left in my hands, 

 as well as I can now compute the amount, upward of £10-1,500; 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 until 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 meantime, your most faithful and 

 obedient servant, 



Richard Rush. 



Hon. John Forsyth, 



Secretary of State. 



Richard Bush to John Forsyth. 



New York, August 29, 1838. 



Sir: On landing from the ship 3^esterday morning I received the 

 official letter of the Secretary of the Treasury, dated the 20th of July, 

 which had been waiting my arrival here, instructing me to transfer 

 the Smithsonian fund to Philadelphia, to be deposited with the treasurer 

 of the mint to the credit of the Treasurer of the United States, taking 

 duplicate receipts from the former, one of which to be transmitted to 

 the latter. 



The ship has not yet got into the dock, but the gold shall be sent 

 on to Philadelphia as soon as practicable in the eleven boxes in which 

 it was packed at the Bank of England, according to the instructions I 

 have thus received from the Secretary of the Treasury. 



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



Richard Rush. 



Hon. John Forsyth, 



Secretary of State. 



John Forsyth to Richard Rush. 



Department of State, 

 Washington, August 30, 1838. 

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

 No. 30 of the 28th instant, announcing your arrival in the harbor of 



