Pacing the warehouse floor, Mellano ticked off items on the bill of lading.

Sanders’ office said the document, the “bill of lading,” was inadvertently misplaced and that a replacement was provided to auditors when that was discovered.

The data seen by Reuters is based on shipping and customs documents like bill of lading and shipping bills and collected from several customs departments, government bodies and other partners.

The paperwork of colonial commerce makes up much of collection: invoices for goods, contracts, bills of lading.

Her father once showed her a bill of lading for some fabric shipped to Jamaica to make lingerie for U.S. stores.