Beriah Magoffin to Oliver Morton
1861-04-26
- Date of Creation
- April 26, 1861
- Place of Creation
- Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky
- Document Genre
- Telegram
- Repository
- Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives
- Collection
- Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, 1859-1862
- Box / Folder
- MG1-237
- CWGK Accession Number
- KYR-0001-023-0047
- Rights
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- FTP Identifier
- 32210902
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- Dates
- 1861-04-26
Citation
Beriah Magoffin to Oliver Morton, 1861-04-26, Office of the Governor, Beriah Magoffin: Governor's Official Correspondence File, 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-0001-023-0047 (November 13, 2026).
South-Western, & Western Union 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. These Companies will not be responsible for mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of unrepeated message, from whatever cause they may arise; nor will they be responsible for damages arising from mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of a repeated message, beyond an amount exceeding two hundred times the amount paid for sending the message; nor will they be responsible for delays arising from interruptions in the working of their 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 these Companies for transmission, subject to the above conditions. Neither of the above Companies will be liable for the responsibilities of the other.
N. GREEN, Pres. S. W. Telegraph Co.
A. STAGER, General Supt. W. U. Telegraph.
SEND THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE, SUBJECT TO THE ABOVE CONDITIONS.
Louisville
To Gov Morton
Indianapolis Ind
I have answered a despatch from Gov Dennison of Ohio, I would meet his representatives or send commissioners at spencer house in Cincinnati on tuesday evening four O. C. Please meet us then or send commissioners I cant go to Jeffersonville tomorrow answer
B. Magoffin
Copy
S1.72