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Insured by HARNDEN EXPRESS
for
To only,
Except against loss occasioned by the public enemy.
Insurance, $ For the Company,

[[image]] Harnden Express,

Eastern, Western and Southern 
EXPRESS FORWARDERS
Richmond, Va. May 14 1866

Received from One Pkg

Value asked but not given
Marked Maj James Johnson 
Fredericksbg Ga

Which it is mutually agreed is to be forwarded to our Agency nearest or most convenient to destination only, and there delivered to other parties to complete the transportation. 
It is part of the consideration of this contract, and it is agreed that the said Express Company ARE FORAWDERS ONLY, and are not to be held or responsible for any loss or damage to said property while being conveyed by the CARRIERS to whom the same may be by said Express Company entrusted, or arising from the dangers of Railroads, Ocean or River Navigation, Steam, Fire in Stores, Depots, or in Transit, Leakage, Breakage, or from any cause whatever, unless, in every case, the same be proved to have occurred from the fraud or gross negligence of said Express Company, or their servants; nor in any event shall the holder hereof demand beyond the sum of FIFTY DOLLARS, at which the article forwarded is hereby valued, unless otherwise herein expressed, or unless specially insured by them, and so specified in this receipt, which insurance shall constitute the limit of liability of the Harnden Express And if the same is intrusted or delivered to any other Express Company or Agent, (which said Harnden Express are hereby authorized to do,) such Company or person so selected shall be regarded exclusively as the agent of the shipper or owner, and, as such, alone liable, and the Harnden Express shall not be in any event responsible for the negligence or non-performance of any such Company or person; nor in any event shall said Express Company be liable for any loss or damage unless the claim therefore shall be presented to them, in writing, at this office, within thirty days after this date, in a statement to which this receipt shall be annexed. All articles of GLASS, or contained in Glass, or any of a fragile nature, will be taken at Shipper's risk only, and the Shipper agrees that the Company shall not be held responsible for any injury by breakage or otherwise, nor for damage to goods not properly packed and secured for transportation. It is further agreed that said Company shall not in any event be liable for any loss, damage or detention caused by the acts of God, Civil or Military Authority, or by Rebellion, Piracy, Insurrection, or Riot, or the dangers incident to a time of war.

Freight,
Insurance, Coll
For the Proprietors, Patterson

Transcription Notes:
unsure, but insurance line may say "coll" as in "collateral?" ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-08-09 21:39:11 "Do not indicate font style, underlined, or bolded or italicized text." -from instructions ---------- Reopened for Editing 2023-08-11 07:34:05