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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.
O. H. PALMER, Sec'y. 
J. H. WADE, Pres't.

Dated, Demopolis Mch, 29 1867.
Received at Montgomery Mch 29
To Maj Gen Wager Swayne.
Comdg Sub Dist of Ala

Municipal election [[strikethrough]] s [[/strikethrough]] takes place here Monday next I think it should be postponed If not shall negroes vote — send Instructions
they will be observed

C W Pierce 
Bvt Maj R F & A L
Sub Asst Comr
Bureau of Freedmen

24 DS 159 Pd 
9 L

[[stamp]] THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF THE UNITED STATES [[/stamp]] 

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Don't transcribe the Archive stamp per SI instructions ---------- Reopened for Editing 2024-01-27 22:07:21