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Add to My CitationsTo Joseph H. Twichell
per Telegraph Operator
14 October 1880 • Boston, Mass.
(MS, copy received: CtY-BR, UCCL 01841)
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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.

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I want you to dine with us saturday half past five 5 and meet Col Fred Grant no ceremonyies Wear the same shirt you always wear

S. L. Clemens

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MS, copy received, Joseph H. Twichell Papers, CtY-BR.

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glyphglyphProvenance:glyphTwichell evidently placed the original telegram in his journal. Twichell’s papers were passed on to his children. Although CtY received some items in 1951 from Joseph H. Twichell and Mrs. Charles Ives, his son and daughter, the main collection was donated in 1967 by Charles P. Twichell, his grandson.