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Document of receipt signed by Robert E. Lee to certify Steamboat Ariel to freight on 2 buoys for $320, for the improvement of the Mississippi River above the mouth of the Ohio, signed September 10, 1838.

Transcription

The United States, Dr. to Steamboat Ariel For the Improvement of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER, above the Mouth of the OHIO. 1838. Dolls. Cents. Septbr 10 To freight on 2 Buoys- 320$ [verso] I Certify, That the freight & passage within charged have been received, were necessary for, and have been or will be applied, for the objects within stated, to the Improvement of the MISSISSIPPI, above the Mouth of the OHIO. [signed] R E Lee Capt Engis

Creation Date

9-10-1838

Creator Life Dates

1807-1870

Keywords

Mississippi River, Ohio River, Steamboat Ariel, Robert E. Lee, 1838, 10 September 1838, improvement, freight, buoy

Resource Identifier

080530-31

Date Digital

May 2014

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Legal | Social History | United States History

Format (medium)

manuscript

Format (IMT)

PDF

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.

Creative Commons License

Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License.

Receipt and fragment, signed by Robert E. Lee, circa 1838, with receipt indicating cost itemized applied to a public works project on the Mississippi River at St. Louis.

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