That afterwards to wit about the year AD 1848 the appointment of said as such was duly revoked by the said Probate of said County of and said Probate Justice of the Peace thereupon granted letters of administration de bonis non of said estate to one John M Ferris whom your orator prays may be made party to this bill and who is now the acting administrator of said estate and who resides in said county of your orator further showeth unto your honour that no part of the estate of the said deceased Joseph Smith jr which was recei[ved] as aforesaid by said or ever came to the hands possession or knowledge of the said John M Ferris, D. B. N [de bonis non] as aforesaid that no part of the personal estate of the said Joseph Smith jr deceased ever came to the hands possession or knowledge of the said John M Ferris as such administrator de bonis non that the said Ferris as such administrator D. B. N. filed an inventory of some real estate in which he was informed the said deceased had some interest at the time of his death but what that interest is or whether the said Joseph Smith jr had any interest therein, or not your orator is wholly unadvised and is also wholly unknown to the said John M Ferris administrator D. B. N aforesaid and which said estate is owned by the said Joseph Smith jr at the time of his death is & would be insufficient to pay the debts duly proved and allowed in the Court of said probate Justice of the peace [p. [4]]