.88 SMITHSONIAN BEQUEST. 



s. d. 

 papers had arrived, when he handed us three of the French 



papers which he had only received that morning 6 8 



Perusing and examining same, and ascertaining they were full 

 of errors; attending Mr. Deacon again, and correcting same, 



and requesting him to get same correctly inserted 13 4 



Writing Madame de la Batut, in answer to her last letter, and 

 requesting any information she could give as to the death of 



Mr. Hungerford 5 



Making two copies of peremptory advertisement to get trans- 

 lated into French and Italian 5 



Attending translators therewith, and afterwards for same 



Paid them 266 



Making 12 copies for insertion in the foreign papers ___ 1 10 



Attending Mr. Deacon therewith, and instructing him thereon 13 4 



Paid for foreign advertisements 12 3 



Writing long letter to Mrs. Batut, in answer 5 



Attending paying for foreign advertisements and for receipts. 6 8 

 Attending Mr. Batut in very long conference, when he urged 

 the claim of Madame de la Batut ; but we informed him we 

 had no discretion to apply the funds, except under the direc- 

 tion of the court, and told him to carry in a claim before 

 the master ; when he stated u he would submit certain docu- 

 ments of evidence material to the plaintiff's case, for an in- 

 spection at half-past 10 o'clock next day" 13 4 



Paid for oaths of Messrs. Clarke, Fynmore, and Fladgate to 



three copies of bill delivered to Mr. Rush 13 6 



April 29. Attending Mr. Batut for upwards of two hours, 

 when he appeared desirous of making terms as to the infor- 

 mation he could give relative to the death of Mr. Hunger- 

 ford without children, which he assured us we could not ob- 

 tain elsewhere ; and informing him we could communicate 

 with plaintiff thereon, and requesting him to put any legal 

 claims he might have into the hands of his solicitors^ andVe 



promised to represent to Mr. Rush his statement 110 



Writing to Mr. Rush on the above subject, and requesting ap- 

 pointment to meet him 5 



May 1. Attending Mr. Gardner in long conference as to the 

 claims of Madame Batut, which we thought were much 

 larger than would be allowed her on proof before the mas- 

 ter ; and we postponed a final determination until we had 



again looked through the papers 13 4 



May 2. Attending at Mr. Rush's in long conference as to the 

 application of Mr. Batut, when it was decided that we could 

 not offer any pledge that attention would be paid to his ap- 

 plication, but that we must procure from him such informa- 

 tion as he could give, and, if it appeared that he had any just 

 claim, we would offer no technical or unnecessary delay to it 13 4 



May 4. Attending Mr. Gardner, conferring very fully again 

 hereon; when he stated that Mr. Smithson possessed himself 

 of the property of the late Mr. Dickinson, and never ren- 

 dered an account; and that he (Mr. Gardner) considered 

 that a bill should now be filed against the defendant, (Drum- 

 mond,) as executor of the testator in this cause, for such 

 account ; and that it was expected a larger sum would be 

 found to have been received; but that at all events a claim 

 would be established to a life interest in a sum equal to that 

 stated in the will to be the nephew's property, viz : 260 

 per annum, which, in point of fact, had been the amount of 

 allowances made to Mrs. Batut by the testator, as she could 



