per Telegraph Operator
20 May 1881 • 1st of 2 • Hartford, Conn.
(MS, copy received: NPV, UCCL 01957)
the western union telegraph company. no. 61 604 11 30 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. a. r. brewer, sec’y. norvin green, president. dated, Hartford Conn 20 rec'd at western union building, broadway and dey street. to C. L. Webster May 20 1881. “K” Engraving Co 104 Fulton St NY All right, now as to the other one what do our lawyers propose as the best [proceedure] I prefer that they should make the demands upon him though I will do it if they so advise
S. L. Clemens 36 paid Gw read the notice at the top. |
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):
Previous publication:
MicroPUL, reel 2.
Provenance:
See McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenance.
Emendations and textual notes:
proceedure • [sic]