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No......... Reg'd-----076 TO ALL POINTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND BRITISH PROVINCES United States Tlegraph Company 117 Broadway, New York Notice FIRST. To Guard against errors, every despatch should be telegraphed to the Station from which it is sent. For such repetition, one half the regular price will be charged. SECOND. The Superintendent of the Company wil, if req enter into a special contract in writing to insurace agains: errors and delays in the transmission and delivery of messages. uch as contract must be made at the sending of the message, the consideration paid, and the amount risk specified. No other person is authorized to make a contract of Insurance. The conditions upon which this Company sends messages are as follows, viz.: That it shall not be held liable for any mistakes or delays in unrepeated messages, from whatever cause they may arise not for any mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of repeated messages, paid for as above mentioned, beyond an amount exceeding five hundred times the sum so paid Nor shall they be held liable under any circumstances for errors in depher or obscure messages, or for interrruptions in the workings of their lines, nor for any mistakes or delays of any other Company over whose lines any message may be sent to reach its destination. William Orton, President, N.Y. James D. Reid Secretary, New York. April 6 1866 Received 1130AM. By Telegraph from Boston To Thomas C. Durant, Esq. NO.1. 13 William St. [illegible] is authorized to draw on me for [illegible] Eight thousand 68000 dollars
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No......... Reg'd-----076 TO ALL POINTS IN THE UNITED STATES AND BRITISH PROVINCES United States Tlegraph Company 117 Broadway, New York Notice FIRST. To Guard against errors, every despatch should be telegraphed to the Station from which it is sent. For such repetition, one half the regular price will be charged. SECOND. The Superintendent of the Company wil, if req enter into a special contract in writing to insurace agains: errors and delays in the transmission and delivery of messages. uch as contract must be made at the sending of the message, the consideration paid, and the amount risk specified. No other person is authorized to make a contract of Insurance. The conditions upon which this Company sends messages are as follows, viz.: That it shall not be held liable for any mistakes or delays in unrepeated messages, from whatever cause they may arise not for any mistakes or delays in the transmission or delivery of repeated messages, paid for as above mentioned, beyond an amount exceeding five hundred times the sum so paid Nor shall they be held liable under any circumstances for errors in depher or obscure messages, or for interrruptions in the workings of their lines, nor for any mistakes or delays of any other Company over whose lines any message may be sent to reach its destination. William Orton, President, N.Y. James D. Reid Secretary, New York. April 6 1866 Received 1130AM. By Telegraph from Boston To Thomas C. Durant, Esq. NO.1. 13 William St. [illegible] is authorized to draw on me for [illegible] Eight thousand 68000 dollars
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