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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.

O.H. PALMER, Sec'y. 1 DJ  War Dept   J.H. WADE, Pres't

Dated, Washn June 22 1867
Received at Montgomery June 22
To Maj Gen Swayne

Bulk meat is the whole dressed hog excepts ham cut & salted  have the meat inspected by Maj Browning  will write in full by order Maj Gen Howard

E Whittlesey
A.A.I.G.

28 DJ paid 617
JJ

Copy for Browning