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Book 18.212.

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Quintuplicate.

Bvt Maj. Geo. Q. White
Richmond, Va

Freight

Shipped, in good order and well-conditioned, by Bvt Maj. General Rufus Ingalls, Ass't Quartermaster Gen'l U. S. Army, on board the good Steamer called the [[strikethrough]] "Isaac Bell" [[/strikethrough]] Niagara whereof is master, for this present voyage  now lying in the Port of New York, and bound for Richmond, Va
To say:

Freight payable by Freedmens Bureau

1 one Case Clothing 

the property of the United States, being marked and numbered as in the margin, and to be delivered in the like good order and well conditioned, at the aforesaid Port of Richmond, Va ( the dangers of the seas and fire only excepted) unto Bvt Lt. Col. James M. Moore, Qr Mr. or to his assigns, Freedmans Bureau [[strikethrough]] shippers [[/strikethrough]] paying freight for the same as per margin.

In Witness whereof, the master of the said vessel hath affirmed to [[strikethrough]] four [[/strikethrough]] 5 Bills of Lading, all of this tenor and date; one of which Bills being accomplished, the others to stand void.

Dated at New York, this Twentieth day of November 1868.

W L McCready Pres
[[?]] E J Brown  

Transcription Notes:
all previous renderings of this type miss the phrase "(the dangers of the seas and fires only excepted)" Not sure why... M.