NA, RR 1/22/1862

Fill Blanks with the Location of the Plantation and the usual Shipping Point of the Planter

Here enter the weight of the bales only, and their marks, and not the price, in columns, or if necessary, attach a sheet for weights   12 Bales; Aggregate Weight 5408 @ 12 1/2 $676.00
            J. H. T.   State of Mississippi
            C S A   County of Hinds
No 1 434
      2 442
      3 470
      4 470
      5 456
      6 444
      7 438
      8 450
      9 418
     10 442
     11 434
     12 450
  5408 lbs Middling
  Raymond P. O. and Date January 22/62
     The undersigned having sold to the Confederate States of America, and received the value of the same in Bonds, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged. Twelve Bales of Cotton, marked, numbered and classed, as in the margin, which is now deposited at E M Nuemans plantation, 7 miles fm Raymond hereby agrees to take due care of said cotton whilst on his plantation, and to deliver the same at his own expense, at Edwards Depot {17 miles from Vicksburg, on the Southern (of Mississippi) RR}, in the State of Mississippi to the order of the Secretary of the Treasury, or his Agents or their assigns.
    J. H. Thompson
{Cotton bought by Government Agents in Mississippi and Alabama was either used for making clothing in Government controlled mills or was shipped by rail to blockade runner ports of Wilmington and Charleston.}

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