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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 |
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12 Bales; Aggregate Weight 5408 @ 12 1/2
$676.00 |
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J. H. T. |
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State of Mississippi |
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C S A |
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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 |
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5408 lbs Middling |
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Raymond P. O. and Date January 22/62 |
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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. |
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J. H. Thompson |
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{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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