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[[bold]] THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY.[[/bold]]
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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. 3.12 p.m. J,H, WADE, Pres't. [[/bold]]
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[[circular stamp: Smithsonian Institute Jan [[8?]] 1867]]

[[preprinted]]Dated,]] DH San Francisco Jany 8 [[preprinted]]186[[/preprinted]]7
Received at Washington Jany 8
[[preprinted]]To[[/preprinted]] Prof. Spencer F. Baird
[[underline]] Smithsonian Institute[[/underline

Twenty eight ^[[28]] packages went by steamer of first ^1st^ instant Also Bannister Bischoff 8 ^Pease^ Please Send me two ^2^ Copies of last annual report
  Chas S Buckley
23 DH Supt Telegh