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Consular Certificate

I, the undersigned, Agent and Consul General. of the United States, do hereby certify that on this 23 day of January, A.D. 1907, the invoice described in the indorsement hereof was produced to me by the signer of the annexed declaration.

I do further certify that I am satisfied that the person making the declaration hereto annexed is the person he represents himself to be, and that the actual market value or wholesale price of the merchandise described in the said invoice in the principal markets of the country at the time of exportation is correct and true, excepting as noted by me upon said invoice, or respecting which I shall make special communication to the proper authorities, I further certify...

Witness my hand and seal of office the day and year aforesaid.
Received PE 51, equal to $2.50 U.S. gold.
[[Signature illegible]] [[?]]
Agent and Consul General of the United States

(Form No. 138.)
Declaration of Purchaser or Seller or Duly Authorized Agent of Either.

I, the undersigned, do solemnly and truly declare that I am the purchaser of the merchandise in the within invoice mentioned and described; that the said invoice is, in all respects, correct and true, and was made at Cairo, whence said merchandise is to be exported to the United States; that said invoice contains a true and full statement of the time when, the place where, and the person from whom the same was purchased, and the actual cost thereof, price actually paid or to be paid therefor, and all charges thereon; that no discounts, bounties, or drawbacks are contained in said invoice but such as have been actually allowed thereon; that no different invoice of the merchandise mentioned in said invoice has been or will be furnished to anyone, and that the currency in which said invoice is made out is that which was actually paid or is to be paid for said merchandise. I further declare...

I further declare that it is intended to make entry of said merchandise at the port of N.Y. in the United States of America.
Dated at Cairo this 22nd day of January.1907.
John B Caffaris 
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Duplicate
PURCHASED BY IMPORTER

Invoice No. 23
Certified January 23 1907
Consular Service, U.S.A.,
at
Cairo
Date: 22nd January, 1907.
Seller:
Purchaser: Charles L. Freer
Name of vessel:
Port of shipment: Alexandria
Port of arrival: New York
Port of entry: Detroit
Value: [[GBP symbol]]25.
Contents: books & personal effects

CUSTOM-HOUSE INDORSEMENT.*
No.
Importer:
Vessel:
From:
Arrived:

Kind of Entry:

Marks, Quantity, and Contents:

*Consular officers will leave all of the above indorsement blank. It is to be filled in only at the custom-house at the port of entry.