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NARA 597 REQUISITION: Office Acting Assisant Quartermaster, Meridian, Miss. May 3rd. 1866. The Mobile & Ohio RR and connecting lines will, without delay, furnish transportation for the public property specified below, from Meridian Miss to Lauderdale Miss the freight to be paid by Capt S B Hamill Quartermaster U. S. Army at Nashville Tenn at contract rates. Alfr. Hedberg 1st. Lieu [[strikethrough]] t. [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] U.S. [[strikethrough]] C. [[/strikethrough]] & Acting Assistant Quartermaster. [[strikethrough]] ORIGINAL [[/strikethrough]] Duplicate BILL OF LADING. [See Note.] Received from A Hedberg Lieut & AAQM United States Army, the following articles of public property, as specified below, (content and value unknown,) in apparent good order, to be forwarded to Lauderdale Miss by the Mobile & Ohio RR and connecting lines, there to be delivered in like good order and condition, unto Capt Henry W Rainals AQM Freight to be paid by the proper officer of the United States, at contract rates, and on "original bill of lading" only. [[5 Columned Table]] | Marks. | Numbers. | Packages, etc. | Contents. | Pounds Weight. | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Henry W Rainals Capt & AAQM Lauderdale Miss | 5 | Bales | Hay | 20.00 | | | 1 | Sacks | Oats | 18.00 | | | 40 | Assorted | Skillets | 140 | | | 1 | Cask | Bacon | 369 | | | 1 | Sack | Bacon | 84 | | | 1 | [[?]]an. Desict | Potatoes | 30 | | | 1 | Sack | [[?]] | 1.00 | | | 3 | Bbls | Flour | 648 | | | 1 | Sack | Sugar | 56 | | | 1 | Sack | Salt | 120 | | | 1 | Sack | Sundries | 22 | Note. - Duplicate and triplicate Bills of Lading to be copies of the original, except the substitution and duplicate on the face, and omitting the indorsements on the back of the duplicate; all printed in black. A Sheffield Agent
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