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Receipt for 2 barrels of coal for use by Blacksmith during the building of the harbor in St. Louis. This document is 'for the improvement of the Mississippi River above the Mouth of the Ohio,' signed by Robert E. Lee, 18 June 1838.
Transcription
[recto] The United States Dr to Bemis, Kingsland & Lightner For the Improvement of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER, above the Mouth of the OHIO 1838 June 18th To 2 Barrells of Coal @ $2 for us e of Blacksmith Barrells & Drayage [verso] To Certify, That the articles within charged have been received, were necessary for, and have been or will be applied, for the objects within stated, to the improvement of MISSISSIPPI above the mouth of the OHIO [signed] R E Lee [rank illegible]
Creation Date
6-18-1838
Creator Life Dates
1807-1870
Keywords
receipt, Robert E. Lee, St. Louis, Mississippi River, Ohio River, coal, blacksmith, construction, 18 June 1838, 1838
Resource Identifier
080429-01
Date Digital
May 2014
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Social History | United States History
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
en-us
Digitization Specifications
800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.
Source
The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.
Recommended Citation
Lee, Robert Edward, "Receipt for 2 barrels of coal and their drayage, signed by Robert E. Lee, 1838." (1838). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 259.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/259
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