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Blank No. 1. THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. 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. [2 column table] |:-----:|:-----:| |JOHN VAN HORNE, Gen'l Sup't, }| WILLIAM ORTON, Pres't. }| |LOUISVILLE, KY.} | O. H. PALMER, Sec'y, } NEW YORK.| Dated Washington DC / 1869 Received at Little Rock May 1 To W M Colby. You are hereby assigned Superintendent Education for Arkansas Send name of Clerk you need by order E. W. Whittlesey AAG 16 w 525 Paid.