SMITHSONIAN BEQUEST. 105 



(No. 2.) 



July 13, 1838. 

 Account of charges on \A packages, marked ^^ the United States," JVos. 1 to 

 14, shipped on board the ship Mediator, Christopher H. Champlin, master, 

 by order of the Honorable Richard Rush, for account and risk of the Gov- 

 ernment of the United States. 



£ s. d. 



Cartage and porterage 10 6 



Duty and entry 12 6 



Dock dues 15 10 



Bills of lading _ 3 G 



1 packing case (No. 14) 3 6 



Shipping, entering, and clearing 14 packages, at 2s. 6d 1 If) 



Cord and nails for mending do 3 6 



♦Unpacking and repacking do., and cording, mending, and 



securing, at 2s. 6(^. each ] 15 



£6 19 4 



Keceived the above amount in account with Mr. Rush. 



Thomas Aspinwall. 

 Mediator, Champlin, New York. 



T. ASPINWALL. 



British coin for and on account. Entry, 5s. Gd. 



Thomas Tannkr. 

 Witness : James M. Curlet. 



July 17, 1838. 



When paid to be immediately .exhibited at the Department, where this 

 bill has been made out ; by which business will be materially expedited. 



St. Catharine Docks, JVo. 1872, wharfage book, outwards. 



Mr. Aspinwall, Dr., to the St. Catharine Dock Company. 



N. B.— The amount of these charges to be paid to the collector, who ia 

 the only officer authorized to receive money on account of the company. 



1838. Per Mediator— £ .5. d. 



July 17. [A] 1 to 10, wharfage and shipping, 10 cases, at 2s._. 10 



11, do. do. 1 case, at Is. __ 1 



1 1 



(One pound one shilling.) 

 July 17, 1838. 



Received, H. Wharton, Collector. 



Witness : James M. Curley. 

 (Entered schedule.) 



The invoice having necessarily been made up before the cases were actu- 

 ally shipped on board, the usual charge of ten shillings was inserted there- 

 in ; and it was not ascertained, until after they were shipped, that a difler- 

 ence was made with respect to bullion ; amounting, in this instance, to 

 eleven shillings, which has not been paid by Mr. Rush, but by Thomas 

 Aspinwall, and by him relinquished. 



•In consequence of the very loose and careless manner in which the boxes 

 were originally packed, and of the damaged state of the packages, this charge 

 was una\ oidably incurred to prevent the contents from being ground to piece*, 

 and lost on the passage to the United States. 



