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NOTICE. Shipper must have the Value of their Packages inserted in this receipt, otherwise this Company will not be responsible...

Harnden Express No. 401 PENN. AVE. 
Eastern, Western and Southern EXPRESS FORWARDERS.

Washington, Sept 29, 1865
Received, from Blanchard Vm. 
Nineteen boxes & one pkge 
Marked Sal O. Brown
Richmond, Va

[[note]] Value asked not given

[[left margin]]
Insured by Harnden Express
for ... to ... only, 
Except against loss occasioned by the public enemy. For the Company, INSURANCE, $

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 FORWARDERS ONLY, and are not to be held liable or responsible for any loss or damage to said property which being coveyed by the CARRIERS to whom the same may be by said Express Company entrusted, or arising from the dangers of the Railroads, Ocean or River Navigation, Steam, Fire in Stores, Depots, or in the 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; not in any event shall the older hereof demand beyond the sum of FIFTY DOLLARS, at which the article forwarded is hereby valued, unless otherwise herein express, or unless specially insured by them, and so specified in this receipt, which insurance shall constitute the limit of the liability of the Harnden Express. And if the same is entrusted or delivered to any other Express Company of 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 the 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, 
For the Proprietors, [[Walch??]]

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---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-15 09:40:27 Reviewer notes: Can confirm that after "For the Proprietors" I believe it says "Walch".