Unknown to James F. Robinson

KYR-0001-027-0054.xml

Accession Number

KYR-0001-027-0054

Document Genre

Repository

Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

Collection

Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1862-1863

Item Location

R2-88

Place of Creation

Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

10 October 1862

Dates Mentioned

1862-10-10

1862

Editorial Note

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WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

NO.1.] TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON WHICH MESSAGES ARE RECEIVED BY THIS COMPANY 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 this Company will, as heretofore, use every precaution to ensure correctness, it will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of repeated messages, beyond an amount exceeding five 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.

A. STAGER, Gen. Sup't, Cleveland, Ohio.

I. R. ELWOOD, Sec'y, Rochester, N.Y.

oct 10 1862
To Genov J F Robinson
By Telegraph from Shelbyville Ky[...]1862
via Bagdad

We were six miles upon the frankfort road met twenty paroled prisoners from Sills corps the soldiers report that Gen Sill's corps had a fight with a large force this morning on Salt River three miles from Lawrenceburg from two to three hundred men were cut off by the enemy's cavalry absome rebel cavalry said to be at Hardinsville

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