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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.

JOHN VAN HORNE, Gen'l Sup't,
Louisville, KY.

WILLIAM ORTON, Pres't
O.H. PALMER, Sec'y
New York

Dated Washington 21 June 1870 
Received on [[blank]]
To L W Stevenson

Resignation accepted
turn over to Bartholomew
orders by mail By order of Genl Howard
E Whittlesey
A A G

1 bx [[?]] paid

Transcription Notes:
Not sure about the signatures next to "William Orton" and I'm not sure if I transcribed the crossed out numbers below it correctly