MORGAN’S LOUISANA AND TEXAS RAIL ROAD AND STEAMSHIP CO. - BILL OF LADING DATED JULY 27,1881
 
For goods shipped aboard the Steamship “Morgan City” from the M.L. Filley Co., 233 Water St. New York, NY to Thomas Longbotham in Wortham, Texas. Thomas was the son of Robert Longbotham (see below) and Lucy Haggard.  He died in Wortham, Texas on December 5, 1924. The items shipped were 26 stoves, 35 pieces of hollowware, 12 tea kettles and 12 ham boilers weighing 4,000 lbs, for a cartage charge of $2.00 and an insurance charge of $2.45!!