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Blank No. 1 THE WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. The rules of the company require that all message 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. JOAN VAN HORNE, Gen'l Sup't, Louisville, Ky. } WILLIAM ORTON, Pres't O.H. PALMER, Sec'y } New York, Dated Washington April 23th 1870 Received at To JH Shannon Supt Contract for Chancy Prairie approved by order of & C Henry M Whittlesey AAc&c 107425 part