Telegram from Captain W. D. Humphries to Colonel J. M. Kennard; September 16, 1864

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Telegram from Captain W. D. Humphries to Colonel J. M. Kennard; September 16, 1864

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People

Clark, Unknown Dowell, J. R.Humphries, W. D.Kennard, James M.Morris, W. S.

Organizations and Businesses

Confederate States of America--Ordnance Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--The Southern Telegraph Companies (Richmond, Va.)

Occupations

Superintendents

Places

Atlanta (Ga.)Griffin (Unknown)Richmond (Va.)Virginia

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THE SOUTHERN 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, and while these Companies will as heretofore use every precaution to ensure correctness, they will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of repeated messages beyond five hundred times the amount paid for sending the message, nor will they be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission of unrepeated messages, from whatever cause they may arise, nor the delays arising from interruptions in the working of their Telegraphs, nor for any mistakes or omission of any other Company, over whose lines a message is to be sent to reach the place of destination. [gap] All messages will hereafter be received by these Companies for transmission subject to the above conditions.

J. R. DOWELL, Gen’l Sup’t, Richmond, Va. [gap] W. S. MORRIS, Pres’t, Richmond, Va.

Griffin Sept 16 1864

Send the following Message—subject to the above Conditions

Col. Jas M Kennard Chf Ord Officer

Have just seen Capt Clark He has rec'd no orders & his train is at the front hauling the exiles from Atlanta

W D Humphries
Capt &C

22.440

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Griffin Sept 16
Capt W D Humphries.