Telegram from Confederate President Jefferson Davis to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 5, 1863

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Telegram from Confederate President Jefferson Davis to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 5, 1863

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Davis, Jefferson, 1808-1889 Johnston, Unknown Pettus, John Jones, 1813-1867 Van Horne, Jonathan

Events

Military Events--Military service exemption

Military Units

Mississippi. Militia

Businesses

Telegraph Company Telegraph Company--South-Western Telegraph Company (Jackson, Miss.)

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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 reach the place of destination.

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

JNO. VAN HORNE, Pres’t.

June 5' 1863

By Telegraph from Richmond 4' 1863.
To Gov Pettus.

Yours of June third rec^d my dispatch of may 18^th was intended to prevent the Evils which you now describe. I have not the power to comply with the reequest you make had it been otherwise your application would have been anticipated Gen^l Johnston has never announced any accession to his force from the. Y i y k a m s h vv y x g u y e o s v o i k m e k f—I relied much on the aid they would give him—E i k z d r v u o x z x v v j y z t w o e z g u x k l i t u e i r r e s j g o e n x h i b h h b w a m b v o i j i s q o e m r t d e u g h z a e c k i l h g f e c b p z m v x v v e l f h t o e q j

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Jeffn Davis

108pd

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Richmond June 4 5^th 1863.

Gov Pettus

Yours of June 3^rd received My dis-patch of May 18^th was intended to prevent the evils you now describe. I have not the power to comply with the request you make—had it been othewise your application would have been anticipated. General Johnston has never announced any accession to his force from the Militia or Exempts of the State. I relied much on the aid they would give him. To furnish the reinforcements sent to Missis-sippi, we have drawn from other points more heavily than was considered altogether safe

Jeffn. Davis

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His Excellency
Jeffsn Davis

June 4^th 1863