92 SMITHSONIAN BEQUEST. 



s. d. 



Mr. Rush wishing to know what the several funds would have realized if 

 they could have been sold immediately upon the death of Mr. Hunger- 

 ford, attending at Messrs. Drummond's to learn what the prices of the 

 several stocks then were and making a calculation accordingly; and draw- 

 ing out a statement for Mr. Rush, from which it appeared that after 

 deducting all the costs the funds had realized 173 12s. Id. more now than 

 they would have done if the funds had all been sold immediately upon 



the decease of Mr. Hungerford 2 2 



Paid for a new lock to box 5 



July 6. Attending at Mr. Deacon's to meet Mr. Rush and Colonel Aspin- 

 wall, when the several boxes were sealed up and directions given for 



their transmission to the wharf ] 1 



Attending at the accountant-general's to bespeak a transcript of account . . 68 



Paid for same 8 



Attending to procure same 6 8 



Several other attendances upon Mr. Rush, furnishing him with all such 

 further information as he required previous to his leaving this country 



for America 3 3 



Letters and messengers, coach hire, and various incidental expenses 15 



490 4 10 



IN CHANCERY. 



Between the President of the United States of America, plaintiff, and Charles Drum- 

 mond, esq., and Her Majesty's attorney-general, defendants. 



Thomas Clarke, Thomas George Fynmore, and William Mark Fladgate, of Craven 

 street, Strand, in the county of Middlesex, solicitors and copartners, severally make 

 oath and say that the several disbursements contained in the aforegoing account have 

 been duly made, and that the several charges therein contained are just and true, to 

 the best of these deponents' knowledge and belief. 



THOMAS CLARKE. 



THOMAS G. FYNMORE. 



WM. M. FLADGATE. 



Sworn by all the deponents, at the public office, Southampton Buildings, in the 

 county of Middlesex, the llth day of July, 1838, before me. 



E. WlNGFIELD. 



Clarke, Fynmore t& Fladgate to Richa 



43 CRAVEN STREET, STRAND, July 13, 1838. 



DEAR SIR: With reference to the gun, a few pieces of china, and a 

 few other articles of a miscellaneous nature, which are mentioned in 

 the schedule of property formerly belonging to Mr. Smithson (of which 

 schedule we furnished to you a copy), and which articles do not now 

 appear to be among the property lately under the charge of Messrs. 

 Deacon, we beg to state that the schedule in question was a schedule 

 prepared at the time of Mr. Smithson's death, now several years back, 

 and that we have no doubt that the articles (which appear to have been 



