Receipt, Steamboat Shipping

 
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Receipt, Steamboat Shipping
Steamboat shipping receipt
Steamboat shipping receipt

Receipt, Steamboat Shipping

Object number1984.036.07
Dateca 1880
Mediumpaper and ink
DimensionsOverall: 4 1/2 x 8 3/8 in. (11.4 x 21.3 cm)
Credit LineOld State House Museum Collection
Terms
    DescriptionSteamboat shipping receipt. Regular Memphis and Arkansas River U.S. Mail Packet Receipt. Dated 3-7-188(?) last digit torn off. Signed by W.W. Pemberton.
    To Steamer Marlin Speed, Dr.
    "For Passage Elsey Porter...(illegible), cost $11.75 trip no. 60(?) shipper="order"
    Clerk signature and word "guaranteed" have some running of ink.
    On reverse, pencilled columns of figures and what looks like a score (F=10 P=9) in tick marks. Unknown when this was done.




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