Telegram from Captain W. D. Humphries to Lieutenant Colonel James M. Kennard; September 27, 1864

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Telegram from Captain W. D. Humphries to Lieutenant Colonel James M. Kennard; September 27, 1864

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Allison, Thomas S.Buford, John, 1826-1863 Cuyler, R. M.Dowell, J. R.Humphries, W. D.Kennard, J. M.Morris, W. S.Tyler, William D.

Organizations and Businesses

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

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Superintendents

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Georgia Rankin County (Miss.)Richmond (Va.)Virginia West Point (Ga.)

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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 insure correctness, they will not be respon-sible 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 workings of their Telegraphs, nor for any mistakes or omissions 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.

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

West Point 27 1864

Send the following Message—subject to the above Conditions

To Col Jas M Kennard

None of my Stores yet here received Telegram from Cuyler stating he is shipping as fast as cars will take them found allison & sent him back to Ophelia to see about his special stores & got Genl Tyler Comdg this pack to

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to give him a note to Col Buford Comdg Post there to see that his stores and mine too be sent on without delay=

W. D. Humphries
Capt & Ord Offr

⁶⁶/₁₄₂₀

West Point. Ga.
Sept 27.1864
Capt W D Humphries