Telegram from R. N. Bornman to Quartermaster General William Barksdale; April 24, 1861

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Telegram from R. N. Bornman to Quartermaster General William Barksdale; April 24, 1861

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Barksdale, William, 1821-1863 Borman, R. N.Green, Norvin, 1818-1893

Organizations and Businesses

Confederate States of America--Quartermaster Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Ky.)

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Jackson (Miss.)Kentucky Louisville (Ky.)Mobile (Ala.)Montgomery (Ala.)

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South-Western Telegraph Company.

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, and while this Company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mis-takes or delays in the transmission or delivery of repeated messages, beyond an amount exceeding two hundred times the amount paid for sending the message; nor will it be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission of unrepeated messages, from whatever cause they may arise, nor for delays arising from interruptions in the working of its 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 this Company for transmission, subject to the above conditions.

N. GREEN, Prest., Louisville,Ky.

April 24^th 18601

By Telegraph from Mobile 24 ^th 18601
To W. Barksdale Q. M. G.
Jackson

I can forward them. Will the State of Miss. pay for them if they are furnished by the Confederate States? I must have authority from the department at Montgomery to do so.

R N Borman

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R N Bowman
Dipatch
April 24/61