28-2ClaimsReport : Petition of J. McClure and Company. [468] Loss of supplies for the Indians on the Mississippi River.1845-4

House of Representatives Report No. 173, 28th Congress, 2nd Session (1845)

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28th CoNGREss, 2d Session. Rep. No. 173. SAMUEL PERRY. [To accompany bill H . R. No. 643.] FEBRUARY 25; 1845. Ho. OF REPs. Mr. 'raoMASSoN, from the Committee of Claims, made the following REPORT: In the case of Samuel Perry, the Committee of Claims report: J. H. McClure & Co. (Samuel Perry being the company) undertook, by written agreement, to transport a large quantity of Indian supplies "from some point on the Ohio river, not higher than Cincinnati, to ~,ort Coffee, Arkansas." A portion of the supplies was lo~t by the sinking of a boat on the Mississippi river, for which loss $638 98 was deducted from the freight. 'rhe proof is clear that the loss was not on account of negligence or want of care on the part of the carrier ; and as, by agreement between the government and said J. H. McClure & Co., the freighter was to be charge-able only for damages which could be "avoided by ordinary care and atten-tion," the committee are of opinion this amount was improperly deducted. They therefore report a bill for the amount. Blair & Rives, '"i)iiiii: 

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