Account of Thomas Aspinwall. I, Thomas Aspinwall, of London, being duly sworn on the Holy Evangelists, do declare and depose that the within account is just and true, and that the services therein referred to and specified in the vouchers of said account, signed by me, and marked respectively No. 1, No. 2, were duly and actually performed. THOS. ASPINWALL, Sworn this seventeenth day of July, 1838, at London, before me. J. COWAN, Mayor. The Hon. Richard Rush, agent for the Smithsonian fund, in account current with Thomas Aspinwall. (No. 1.) The Hon. Richard Rush in account with the Smithsonian fund, To Thomas Aspinwall, Dr. For services rendered throughout the month of June and up to this date, in July; in attending your acceptance of all the stocks transferred to you by the accountant general of the court of chancery; advising, negotiating, and completing, under your directions, and realizing the proceeds of various contracts for the sale of the same stocks, consisting of consols, bank stock, and three per cent. reduced annuities, sold at different periods and in different parcels; attending payment and receipt of balances, dividend, and the respective transfers to the various purchasers of the same; obtaining, verifying, arranging, packing, and securing for shipment 104,960 sovereigns, being the amount of proceeds of the Smithsonian fund, (less premiums of insurance, charges, and expenses ;) contracting for freight; entering and clearing at the custom-house; shipping and effecting insurance at the five principal offices, and with thirty-two private underwriters at Lloyds. Commission at per cent. LONDON, July 17, 1838. £797 15s. 6d. THOMAS ASPINWALL. LONDON, July 17, 1838. Received of the honorable Richard Rush the within-mentioned sum seven hundred and ninety-seven pounds fifteen shillings and sixpence sterling, (£797 15s. 6d.) for which I have credited in my accounts, and also signed this and a duplicate receipt of the same tenor and date. £797 15s. 6d. THOMAS ASPINWALL. The Honorable Richard Rush to William Brown. LONDON, July 13, 1838. To unpacking and repacking 14 packages, at 2s. 6d. cord and nails for mending do.--- Paid 14th July, 1888. WILLIAM BROWN. JAMES M..CURLEY. A true copy original in Thomas Aspinwall's account. (No. 2.) JULY 13, 1838. Account of charges on 14 packages, marked "the United States," Nos. 1 to 14, shipped on board the ship Mediator, Christopher H. Champlin, master, by order of the Honorable Richard Rush, for account and risk of the Government of the United States. Cartage and porterage. 1 Bills of lading. 1 packing case (No. 14).. Shipping, entering, and clearing 14 packages, at 2s. 6d. Cord and nails for mending do.. Unpacking and repacking do., and cording, mending, and securing, at 2s. 6d. each....... £ s. d. 06 THOMAS ASPINWALL. T. ASPINWALL. THOMAS TANNER. Received the above amount in account with Mr. Rush. Mediator, Champlin, New York. British coin for and on account. Entry, 5s. 6d. Witness: JAMES M. CURLEY. JULY 17, 1838. When paid to be immediately exhibited at the Department, where this bill has been made out; by which business will be materially expedited. St. Catharine Docks, No. 1872, wharfage book, outwards. MR. ASPINWALL, Dr., to the St. Catharine DOCK COMPANY. N. B.-The amount of these charges to be paid to the collector, who is the only officer authorized to receive money on account of the company. 1838. Per Mediator £ s. d. July 17. [A] 1 to 10, wharfage and shipping, 10 cases, at 2s.-- 1 0 0 do. JULY 17, 1838. (One pound one shilling.) Received, H. WHARTON, Collector. Witness: JAMES M. CURLEY. (Entered schedule.) The invoice having necessarily been made up before the cases were actually shipped on board, the usual charge of ten shillings was inserted therein; and it was not ascertained, until after they were shipped, that a difference was made with respect to bullion; amounting, in this instance, to eleven shillings, which has not been paid by Mr. Rush, but by Thomas Aspinwall, and by him relinquished. * In consequence of the very loose and careless manner in which the boxes were originally packed, and of the damaged state of the packages, this charge was unavoidably incurred to prevent the contents from being ground to pieces, and lost on the passage to the United States. July 17. For cartage and porterage of eleven boxes of bullion from the bank to the St. Catharine's dock Received: Witness: JAMES M. CURLEY. 8 shillings. HENRY POTTER. Invoice of eleven boxes of gold coin, shipped on board the ship Mediator, of New York, Christopher H. Champlin, master, bound to New York, by order of the Hon. Richard Rush, and for the account and risk of the United States. £ s. d. A 1 to 10. Ten boxes, each containing £10,000, (sovereigns)-100,000 0 0 11. One box, containing--- 4,960 8 7 104,960 8 7 Entry 5s. 6d., dock charges 10s. Insurance on £106,400, at per cent.. 599 3 4 £105,565 12 5 THOMAS ASPINWALL. MEM-The sovereigns are packed in bags of 1,000 each, with the exception of one, in case No. 11, which contains 960 sovereigns and 8 shillings and 7 pence wrapped in paper; each case being sealed with two seals. JULY 16, 1888. DR. Richard Rush in Account with Smithsonian Fund. For the following stocks transferred to him by a decree of the high court of chancery, and sold, as follows, viz: £4,585 188. 9d., 8 per cent. consols, sold at 9434 CR To balance of cash received from the accountant general of To amount returned by the solicitors, (excess of costs). |