Telegram from Colonel Josiah Gorgas to Lieutenant Colonel James M. Kennard; September 23, 1864

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Telegram from Colonel Josiah Gorgas to Lieutenant Colonel James M. Kennard; September 23, 1864

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People

Dowell, J. R.Gorgas, Josiah, 1818-1883 Kennard, J. M.Morris, W. S.

Organizations

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

Occupations

Saddlery Superintendents

Places

Alabama--Mobile County. Mount Vernon Virginia Virginia--Independent City. Richmond

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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 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 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. [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.

Richmond Sept 23 1864

Send the following Message—subject to the above Conditions

To Col J M Kennard

Have ordered saddles from Mount Vernon & one thousand (1000) setts from here

J Gorgas

¹¹/797

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Richmond
Sept 23 1864
Col J. Gorgas
Saddles and Accoutremends