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Has copious damage on both sides and tape repairs on the reverse. Handles stiff from the repairs and is not delicate. Despite the condition issues, still an eye-catching piece. Overall, in poor to fair condition. You will receive the exact sheet seen in the photos. It measures approx. 7 1/2" x 9 5/8"
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Shipped, in good order & well conditioned, byJ. & J. Slevin,On board the good Steamboat Statesman the following articles, marked and numbered as below, which are to be delivered, without delay, in like good order and condition, at the Port of Mt. Vernon Ind., (the dangers of navigation and unavoidable accidents excepted) unto Thomas Lichtenberger or assigns, he or they paying freight for the said goods at the rate agreed.In Witness Whereof, The Owner, Master, or Clerk of said Boat, hath affirmed to 3 Bills of Lading, all of this tenor and date, one of which being accomplished, the others to stand void.Dated at Cincinnati, this 18th day of April, 1857MarksS. Briner & Wm. Deger Esq.Williamson & Babe & Co.Care Thomas LichtenbergerMt. Vernon Ind.Articles1 Box Dry Goods9 Bags Coffee1 Bag Pepper1 Box Queensware1 Bag Boots & Shoes1 Bag Mace5 Trunks Clothing2 Cases Fancy Goods1 B.B. Pipes1 Crate Bellows2 Bales Castings1 Bundle Bridle Rings1 Dozen Scythes2 Dozen Bar Hooks1 Dozen Hay Forks1 Dozen 2114Historical ContextThis document is an 1857 steamboat bill of lading, recording a shipment of merchandise loaded at Cincinnati, Ohio for delivery to Mount Vernon, Indiana along the Ohio River.During the mid-19th century Cincinnati was one of the most important wholesale distribution centers in the United States. Merchants there supplied frontier towns throughout the Ohio Valley with manufactured goods, groceries, tools, and clothing. Steamboats formed the backbone of this trade, moving cargo efficiently between major river ports and smaller commercial towns.The shipment recorded here represents a typical mixed freight consignment destined for a regional merchant. The cargo includes:dry goods and clothing for retail saleimported groceries such as coffee and pepperhousehold goods like queensware (ceramics)ironware and agricultural tools including scythes, bar hooks, hay forks, and hoesSuch shipments would normally supply a general store or mercantile business, where goods were sold to farmers, tradesmen, and river communities.The goods were carried aboard the steamboat Statesman steamboat, part of the large network of packet steamers operating on the Ohio River during the 1840s–1860s. These vessels maintained regular schedules carrying freight, passengers, and mail between river towns.Bills of lading like this served several commercial purposes. They acted as a shipping receipt, a contract of carriage, and a document identifying the consignee responsible for receiving the cargo. Surviving examples provide a detailed snapshot of the everyday commerce that supplied towns throughout the Ohio Valley in the years just before the Civil War.
**Shipped securely in a poly sleeve inside a rigid mailer via USPS Ground Advantage service w/ tracking**
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