Letter

No. 5—B., July 3, 1863.

No. 5—B.

Statement of loss sustained on cargo of steamship Margaret and Jessie, by damage caused by the sinking and stranding of said steamship :

Value of said cargo in Nassau, if landed in good order, as shown by the declaration of Hon. George D. Harris £32,162 10 0
Less net proceeds of sales at auction, as per accompanying account sales 14,630 5 0
Actual loss 17,532 5 0
GEORGE A. TRENHOLM, By his agent, J. B. LAFITTE.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth.