Beriah Magoffin to G. W. Norton

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KYR-0001-019-0017

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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

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Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1859-1862

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MG5-57

Place of Creation

Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

26 April 1861

Dates Mentioned

1861-04-26

Beriah Magoffin to G. W. Norton, 26 April 1861, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1859-1862, MG5-57, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-019-0017, (accessed December 22, 2024).

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South-Western, & Western Union Telegraph Companies.

TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON WHICH MESSAGES ARE RECEIVED BY THESE COMPANIES FOR TRANSMISSION

THE PUBLIC ARE NOTIFIED, that in order to guard against mistakes in the transmission of messages, every message of importance ought to be repeated, by being sent back from the station at which it is to be received to the station from which it is originally sent. Half the usual price for transmission will be charged for repeating the message. These Companies will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of unrepeated messages, from whatever cause they may arise; nor will they be responsible for damages arising from mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of a repeated message, beyond an amount exceeding two hundred times the amount paid for sending the message; nor will they be responsible for delays arising from interruptions in the working of their Telegraphs, nor for any mistake or omission of any other Company over whose lines a message is to be sent to reach the place of destination. All messages will hereafter be received by these Companies for transmission, subject to the above conditions. Neither of the above companies will be liable for the responsibilities of the other.

N. GREEN, Pres. S. W. Telegraph Co.

A. STAGER, General Supt. W. U. Telegraph.

SEND THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE, SUBJECT TO THE ABOVE CONDITIONS.

Louisville Apl 26th 1861
To G. W. Norton Esq
Russelville Ky

Can I draw on you for your quota of the five hundred thousand dollars in the event of drafts coming in for the supply of arms and munitions of war to put the state in a complete position of self defence The amount to the credit of the state subject to my order answer immediately

B. Magoffin

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