M`KEAN, Chief Justice:
This is not the best evidence; and, therefore, it cannot be admitted.
BRADFORD, Justice:
The paper offered in evidence is not a bill of lading; but it is offered as a copy, and to prove that a bill of lading, of the same tenor and date, was executed. If the instrument itself were produced, proof of the signature would be
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