110 SMITHSONIAN BEQUEST. 



Richard Rush to John Forsyth. 



NEW YORK, August 29, 1888. 



SIR : On landing from the ship yesterday morning, I re- 

 ceived 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 tc 

 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 tc 

 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 thq 

 Secretary of the Treasury. 



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

 dient servant, 



RICHARD RusTi. 



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 youi 

 despatch No. 30, of the 28th instant, announcing your ar- 

 rival in the harbor of New York, with the Smithsonian! 

 bequest in gold. With regard to the disposition to 

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

 upon landing, that your request had been anticipated by in-| 

 structions to you from the Treasury Department, intrusted- 

 to the care of Mr. George Newbold, president of the Banl 

 of America. 



Tendering to you my congratulations on the success o: j 

 your mission, and on your safe return to your country, ]| 

 am, sir, respectfully, your obedient servant, 



JOHN FORSYIH. 



RICHARD RUSH, Esq., New York. 



Richard Rush to John Forsyth. 



PHILADELPHIA, September 4, 1838. 



SIR : I was yesterday honored with your letter of the 30tl. 

 of August, acknowledging my No. 30 from the harbor ol 



