no. 17—form 2.

the american rapid 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 names above.

gerritt smith, engineer-in-chief. i. a. sherman, gen’l sup’t. j. w. converse, president.

check. number. time.

10 pd 23lm P 118

dated Hartford Ct Dc 26 188

to L Webster

658 Bway

Get up here before new years any day will do

S L Clemens

read the message at the top.

please pay no charges on this message, unless the amount is denoted hereon by the company’s stamp.