Law Offices of Hitchcock & Van Rensselaer,
   70 Broadway, New York,
   P.O.  Box 4078.

   Jan. 22, 1879.

   Messrs. PIXLEY AND SUTTON: 

GENTLEMEN:  We have just received from our London correspondents, Messrs. Throstlethwaite, Throstlethwaite and Dick, of Lincoln’s Inn, London, the letter, a copy of which is herewith enclosed, to which we invite your attention.  We request that you will do all in your power to aid us in the search for the missing Englishman.  From the letter of Messrs. Throstlethwaite, Throstlethwaite and Dick, it seems extremely probable, not to say certain, that Mr. Beauvoir arrived in your city about 1849, in company with a distinguished English scientist, Professor Titus Peebles, whose professional attainments were such that he is probably well known, if not in California, at least in some other of the mining States.  The first thing to be done, therefore, it seems to us, is to ascertain the whereabouts of the professor, and to interview him at once.  It may be that he has no knowledge of the present domicile of Mr. William Beauvoir—­in which case we shall rely on you to take such steps as, in your judgment, will best conduce to a satisfactory solution of the mystery.  In any event, please look up Professor Peebles, and interview him at once.

   Pray keep us fully informed by telegraph of your
   movements.  Yr obt serv’ts,

HITCHCOCK & VAN RENSSELAER.

DOCUMENT NO. 18.

Telegram from Messrs. Pixley and Sutton, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, 98 California Street, San Francisco, California, to Messrs. Hitchcock and Van Rensselaer, Attorneys and Counsellors at Law, 76 Broadway, New York.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 
Jan. 30.

Tite Peebles well known frisco not professor
keeps faro bank.

PIXLEY & SUTTON. 
(D.H. 919.)

DOCUMENT NO. 19.

Telegram from Messrs. Hitchcock and Van Rensselaer to Messrs. Pixley and Sutton, in answer to the preceding.

NEW YORK, Jan. 30.

Must be mistake Titus Peebles distinguished
scientist.

HITCHCOCK & VAN RENSSELAER. 
(Free.  Answer to D.H.)

DOCUMENT NO. 20.

Telegram from Messrs. Pixley and Sutton to Messrs. Hitchcock and Van Rensselaer. in reply to the preceding.

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.,
Jan. 30.

No mistake distinguished faro banker suspected
skin game shall we interview

PIXLEY & SUTTON. 
(D.H. 919.)

DOCUMENT NO. 21.

Telegram from Messrs. Hitchcock and Van Rensselaer to Messrs. Pixley and Sutton, in reply to the preceding.

NEW YORK, Jan. 30.

Must be mistake interview anyway

HITCHCOCK & VAN RENSSELAER. 
(Free.  Answer to D.H.)

DOCUMENT NO. 22.

Telegram from Messrs. Pixley and Sutton to Messrs. Hitchcock and Van Rensselaer, in reply to the preceding.