Dated April 7, 1838, one bill of lading for cotton bound from Mobile, AL to Providince, RI aboard the schooner Export. The document was signed by James Ames aboard the Export and by C.H. Dabney, agent for the Blackston Manufacturing Company, in Providence.

Consists of financial records concerning cotton sales and shipments and other transactions primarily between W. A. Scott, a commission merchant from Mobile, Alabama, and Bush Brothers and Company of Pickensville, Pickens County, Alabama. Includes receipts (1843-1845) for cotton shipped on the Tombigbee River from Pickensville to Mobile; sheets from a daybook ledger (1840) of merchandise sold.

This collection consists of receipts, financial statements, balance sheets, and ledgers. The materials document the financial progress and difficulties of the Laney Cotton Company for approximately fifty years. There are also other materials included related to the cotton gin industry.