Correspondence·PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 11·1955

1955

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Typed and handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 18 of correspondence PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 11 (1955), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 2, folder 11, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 18 of 33

Printed: AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, INC.

[printed: FORWARDING AGENT — REFERENCES][printed: EXPORT DEC. No.]
[printed: DELIVERING CARRIER TO STEAMER:][printed: CAR NUMBER — REFERENCE]

Printed: (SPACES IMMEDIATELY ABOVE FOR SHIPPERS MEMORANDA—NOT PART OF BILL OF LADING)

Printed: BILL OF LADING

[printed: SHIP] "EXPOSITOR"[printed: FLAG][printed: PIER][printed: PORT OF LOADING]
[printed: PORT OF DISCHARGE FROM SHIP] PHILADELPHIA[printed: (THE SCOPE OF THE VOYAGE IS DESCRIBED IN CLAUSE 3 HEREOF)]

[printed: SHIPPER] DIRECTOR OF ANTIQUITIES, NICOSIA

[printed: CONSIGNEE: ORDER OF] UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A. [printed: AT] PHILADELPHIA

[printed: ADDRESS ARRIVAL NOTICE TO:] C O N S I G N E E S.

Printed: PARTICULARS FURNISHED BY SHIPPER OF GOODS

[printed: MARKS AND NUMBERS][printed: NO. OF PKGS.][printed: DESCRIPTION OF PACKAGES AND GOODS][printed: CUBIC METERS][printed: GROSS WEIGHT] [typed: KILOS]
ADDRESS<br>CYPRUS1CASE SKELETAL MATERIAL<br><br><br><br>(ONE CASE ONLY)9cft57

Stamp: Not responsible for breakage and/or leak-<br>age, weight, quality, contents, marks and numbers.<br>Ship not responsible for number of tins in cases.<br>Ship not responsible for any loss or damage of goods through<br>heating protracted by any cause whatsoever.<br>Ship not responsible for condition of perishable goods, when<br>not carried in refrigerator compartments.

Stamp: Copy Not Negotiable

Printed: Received from the above named shipper, the goods or packages said to contain goods mentioned above, in apparent good order and condition, unless other-<br>wise indicated in this bill of lading, to be transported subject to all the terms of this bill of lading with liberty to proceed via any port or ports within the scope of<br>the voyage described herein, to the port of discharge or so near thereunto as the ship can always safely get and leave, always afloat at all stages and conditions of<br>water and weather, and there to be delivered or transshipped on payment of the charges thereon. If the goods in whole or in part are shut out from the ship<br>named herein for any cause, the Carrier shall have liberty to forward them under the terms of this bill of lading on the next available ship.

Printed: It is agreed that the custody and carriage of the goods are subject to the following terms on the face and back hereof which shall govern the relations, what-<br>soever they may be, between the shipper, consignee, and the Carrier, Master and ship in every contingency, wheresoever and whensoever occurring and also in the<br>event of deviation, or of unseaworthiness of the ship at the time of loading or inception of the voyage or subsequently, and none of the terms of this bill of lading<br>shall be deemed to have been waived by the Carrier unless by express waiver signed by a duly authorized agent of the Carrier:

[printed: Kos.] /M [printed: @][printed: per 1000 Kos]$ 17.25[printed: IN ACCEPTING THIS BILL OF LADING the shipper, consignee and owner of the goods agree to be bound by all of its stipulations, exceptions, and conditions, whether written, printed, or stamped on the front or back hereof, any local customs or privileges to the contrary notwithstanding.]
[printed: Kos. @][printed: per 1000 Kos]$
[printed: cm. @][printed: per cub. meter]$[printed: IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Master of the said ship has affirmed to TWO (Number)] [printed: bills of lading, all of this tenor and date, ONE of which being accomplished, the others to stand void]
[printed: cm. @][printed: per cub. meter]$
[printed: cm. @][printed: per cub. meter]$[printed: Dated at] LARNACA CYPRUS 25 MAY 1955
[printed: in. @][printed: per 40 cub. ft.]$[printed: By AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, INC., Agents]
[printed: @][printed: per 2240 lbs]$ 2.00[printed: FOR THE MASTER]
[printed: B/L Fee]$ 19.25[printed: By] [stamp: [illegible] L. MANTOVANI & SONS LTD.<br>LARNACA<br>AGENTS<br>AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, INC. NEW YORK] [signature]
[printed: FREIGHT TO BE PREPAID]$ At Larnaca[printed: B/L No.] 1

[stamp: FREIGHT PREPAID<br>A. L. MANTOVANI & SONS LTD.<br>AGENTS<br>AMERICAN EXPORT LINES, INC. NEW YORK<br>[signature]]

Printed: AY 3. Tip. Pesce Genoa Terms of Bill of Lading continued on back hereof

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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