10/27 On the receipt of this letter I immediately wrote to F.O.J.Smith, Esq., at Portland, who accompanied me to England, and at whose sole expense, according to agreement, all proceedings in taking out patents in Europe were to be borne, to know if this charge of the Attorney-General's secretary could possibly be true; not knowing but through some inadvertence on his (Mr.Smith's) part, this bill might have been overlooked. |