W. S. Rodgers to Beriah Magoffin
1860-04-09
- Date of Creation
- April 9, 1860
- Place of Creation
- Cynthiana, Harrison County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Telegram
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Appointments, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG6-85
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-018-0010
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32207824
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Citation
W. S. Rodgers to Beriah Magoffin, 1860-04-09, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, Military Appointments, 1859-1862, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/KYR-0001-018-0010 (November 14, 2026).
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.
To Gov. B. Magoffin
By Telegraph, from Synthian
I resign my commission as Captain in Ky State guards. wish to Join southern Army
W. S. Rodgers
Captain Commanding McDowell Guards
W. S. Rodges
Captain Ky State Guard
accepted
B. M.