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^[[8868]] ^[[118]] [[pre-printed]] Blank No. 1 [[bold]] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.[[/bold]] [[line]] The rules of this Company require that all messages received for transmission, shall be written on the message blanks of the Company, under and subject to the conditions printed thereon, which conditions have been agreed to by the sender of the following message. [[bold]] O.H.PALMER, Sec'y. J,H, WADE, Pres't. [[/bold]] [[double line]] [[/pre-printed]] [[stamp: Smithsonian Institute Dec 6 1866]] [[preprinted]] Dated,[[/preprinted]] Victoria 1st Dec. [[preprinted]]186[[/preprinted]]6 via San francisco cal 5 Received at _______________________ [[preprinted]]To[[/preprinted]] Prof. Spencer. F. Baird Smithsonian Institute Collection this year satisfactory I believe we have the walrus a seal skeltons from St Paul Island Will go forward immediately on arrival in sanfrancisco Charles. S. Buckly MtDHZelyh