Telegram from J. W. Tucker to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 23, 1863

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Telegram from J. W. Tucker to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 23, 1863

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People

Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Tucker, J. W.Van Horne, John

Organizations

Mississippi--Executive Department

Businesses

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

Places

Alabama--Mobile County. Mobile Mississippi--Hinds County. Jackson Virginia--Independent City. Richmond

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South-Western Telegraph Company.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE, Jackson, Miss.

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 mistakes 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 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 rach the place of destination.

All messages will hereafter be received by this Company for transmission, subject to the above condition/s.

JNO. VAN HORNE, Pres't.

May 23 1863.

By Telegraph from Mobile 23 1863.
To Gov Pettus

Have you heard from Richmond.

J W Tucker

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J W Tucker
23 May '63