Telegram from Captain W. L. Sharkey to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 30, 1863

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Telegram from Captain W. L. Sharkey to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 30, 1863

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People

Barbour, William A.Green, Norvin, 1818-1893 Hamer, Unknown Pemberton, John C. (John Clifford), 1814-1881 Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Sharkey, William Lewis, 1798-1873

Events

Legislation. Confederate States of America. Congress Legislation. Confederate States of America. Congress. Impressment Law (1863)Military Events--Impressment Military Events--Impressment. Enslaved people

Organizations

Confederate States of America--War Department Confederate States of America--War Department. Quartermaster Department Mississippi--Executive Department

Businesses

Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Ky.)

Occupations

Secretaries

Places

Kentucky--Jefferson County. Louisville Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson Mississippi--Yazoo County. Yazoo City

Social Identifiers

African Americans African Americans--Enslaved People

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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 his company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mis-takes or delays in the transmissions 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 will it be responsible 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, Pres't, Louisville, Ky.

April 30 18613

By telegraph from Yazoo City 30 18613
To Gov Pettus

Extended your order to Col Hamer so he can impress thirty hands for quarter masters department

W L Sharkey

16pd [gap] Capt &c qm

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Capt W L Sharkey
30 April 1863

About impressment of negroes.

If Genl. Pemberton regards this matter of sufficient importance the impressment of the negroes shall be made.

By order of Gov. Pettus

W A Barbour
secy
Executive Office

Jackson, Miss, 30 Apl63