per Telegraph Operator
6 September 1881 • Elmira, N.Y. (MS, copy received: NPV, UCCL 02029)
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the western union telegraph company.
this company transmits and delivers messages only on conditions, limiting its liability, which have been assented to by the sender of the following message.
errors can be guarded against only by repeating a message back to the sending station for comparison, and the company will not hold itself liable for errors or delays in transmission or delivery of unrepeated messages.
this message is an unrepeated message and is delivered by request of the sender under the conditions named above.
a. r. brewer, sec’y. norvin green, president.
96 76 11.08a
dated Elmira, N.Y. 6 188
received at stamped: western union
tel. co.
sep 6 1881
hartford, ct.
to C. L.Webster
at residence of S. L. Clemens
Terms satisfactory, frame the contract to suit yourself
I send money today.
S. L. Clemens
12paid
Ucw
read the notice at the top.
MS, Jean Webster McKinney Family Papers, Special Collections, NPV.
MicroPUL, reel 2.
See McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.