Cheraw & Darlington Railroad caption title for a document partly printed on gold paper and completed in manuscript, accepting shipment of 2 ½ barrels of liquor

by South Carolina, Railroads, Billhead

$225 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

The receipt is illustrated with a small printed covered wagon pulled by two horses and printed: “Received in my Wagon, in good order and condition from Agent, the following packages, viz: … which I promise to deliver in like good order and condition to “Columbus Whitby” Condition of Contents unknown .” The billhead is dated “186_,” the final digit to be supplied in manuscript not done so here . The Cheraw & Darlington Railroad opened in 1853,

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