J. H. Garrard to James F. Robinson

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KYR-0001-027-0061

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Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives

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

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R2-93

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Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky

Date of Creation

12 October 1862

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1862-10-12

1862

J. H. Garrard to James F. Robinson, 12 October 1862, Office of the Governor, James F. Robinson: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Correspondence, 1862-1863, R2-93, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort, KY. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-027-0061, (accessed December 22, 2024).

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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.

Louisville12^th Oct 1862
To Gov. J. F. Robinson
Louisville
By Telegraph from Frankfort1862

We killed Six 6 wounded Seven ,7. took Rebel flag and captured one hundred & fifty prisoners at Versailles yesterday, took sixteen prisoners at Lawrenceburg expect to capture three hundred at Lexington today no troops of any kind at Georgetown. Rebel pickets between here & there. Union forces at Walton on wednesday --

J. H. Garrard

49 L113 Col

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