SMITHSONIAN BEQUEST. 105 



(No. 2.) 



JULY 13, 1838. 



.Account of charges on 14 packages, marked u the United States," Nos. 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 106 



Duty and entry 126 



Dock dues 15 10 



Bills of lading 3 6 



1 packing case (No. 14) 3 6 



Shipping, entering, and clearing 14 packages, at 2s. 6d 1 15 



Cord and nail's for mending do 3 6 



~* Unpacking and repacking do., and cording, mending, and 



securing, at 2s. 6d. each 1 15 



6 19 4 



Received the above amount in account with Mr. Rush. 



THOMAS ASPINWALL. 



Mediator, Champlin, New York. 



T. ASPINWALL. 

 British coin for and on account. Entry, 5s. 6d. 



THOMAS TANNER. 

 "Witness : JAMES M. CURLEY. 

 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, No. 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 is 

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

 1838. Per Mediator s. d. 



-July 17. [A] 1 to 10, wharfage and shipping, 10 cases, at 2s 100 



11, do. do. 1 case, at Is. __ 010 



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 differ- 

 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 

 ^vere originally packed, and of the damaged state of the packages, this charge 

 "Was unavoidably incurred to prevent the contents from being ground to pieces, 

 and lost on the passage to the United States. 



